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Hamilton County Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Hamilton County, Kansas: how long it takes, when people leave home and how they get to work. Ask Map AI about any address.

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Commute Time Burden in Hamilton County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Hamilton County spend about 23 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 96 hours, about 4.0 full days, spent commuting. That is 33% less time on the road than the Kansas average of 17.2 minutes each way, a difference of 5.6 minutes.

Hamilton County holds about 0.1% of Kansas's population and accounts for roughly 0.1% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Hamilton County would save about 39 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,195 at the same national wage assumption used above.

Area One-Way Commute Daily Round-Trip Yearly Time Spent Estimated Yearly Cost Local Road Traffic (VPD)
Hamilton County 11.6 min 23.1 min 96 hrs/yr $2,989 197
Kansas 17.2 min 34.4 min 143 hrs/yr $4,448 662
United States 22.4 min 44.8 min 187 hrs/yr $5,790 1,355

The estimated yearly cost applies a single national rule of thumb (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics average hourly earnings), not a measurement of wages in this area - treat it as a rough estimate, not a paycheck figure. Local road traffic counts, vehicles per day on non-highway roads, come from proprietary Ticon and TrafficZoom data.

Commute Time Map: Kansas Counties

Fastest commutes among counties in Kansas
  1. Wichita County (7.0 min)
  2. Scott County (7.1 min)
  3. Greeley County (7.2 min)
Slowest commutes among counties in Kansas
  1. Linn County (31.3 min)
  2. Miami County (30.8 min)
  3. Jefferson County (30.3 min)

Compare commute times among different counties

Hamilton County
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Average commute time

On average, it takes 11.6 minutes to get to work in Hamilton County. That's 48% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM, followed by 05:00 AM – 05:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 9.8% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Hamilton County

  • Car: 85.3%
  • Worked at Home: 9.8%
  • Walked: 4.8%
  • Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Other: < 0.1%

Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Hamilton County, versus 0.1% in Kansas.

Public transit is essentially absent in Hamilton County, versus 0.4% in Kansas.

Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Hamilton County, versus 0.2% in Kansas.

Biking is essentially absent in Hamilton County, versus 0.3% in Kansas.

Commute Mode Trends in Hamilton County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Hamilton County get to work, as a share of all workers aged 16 and over, across 16 U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS) releases from 2009 to 2024. Each release is a 5-year estimate: the 2024 figures cover surveys taken from 2020 to 2024. Because neighboring releases share most of their survey years, the lines move gradually, and a sudden change such as the rise of remote work in 2020 spreads across several releases. Hover over or tap a line to highlight it, and use the legend to show or hide a mode. Driving starts hidden so the smaller modes stay readable.

Share of workers aged 16 and over, by ACS 5-year release year. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.
Show commute mode data by year
Year Car Worked at Home Walked Public Transportation Taxi Motorcycle Bicycle Other
2009 90.5% 1.7% 3.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.2% 0.0% 4.3%
2010 86.6% 4.8% 2.4% 0.4% 0.0% 0.2% 0.0% 5.7%
2011 84.8% 7.0% 3.8% 0.4% 0.0% 0.2% 0.0% 3.8%
2012 84.6% 7.6% 6.1% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.5%
2013 86.6% 7.0% 5.5% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.9%
2014 82.5% 10.0% 6.6% 0.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.4%
2015 84.9% 8.3% 6.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2016 82.4% 11.1% 6.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 81.8% 12.5% 4.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.6% 0.8%
2018 81.4% 12.2% 4.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.8% 1.1%
2019 82.0% 13.8% 1.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.8% 1.6%
2020 83.3% 12.7% 1.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.9% 2.0%
2021 81.7% 6.8% 8.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.6% 2.6%
2022 84.2% 5.8% 9.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.3%
2023 83.7% 11.4% 4.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.2%
2024 85.3% 9.8% 4.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share bottomed out in 2018 at 81.4%. Overall it fell from 90.5% in 2009 to 85.3% in 2024, down 5.2 percentage points. It has risen in the latest release.

Working from home gained the most ground in Hamilton County: its share of workers rose from 1.7% in 2009 to 9.8% in 2024, up 8.1 percentage points.

Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2023 release and has stayed ahead since.

Walking peaked at 9.7% in 2022 and has since fallen back to 4.8%.

Commute Start Times in Hamilton County

  • Dawn PatrolThe 3rd-highest share of pre-6 AM departures among Kansas's 105 counties: 26.2% of commuters leave before 6 AM.

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Hamilton County?

The bars show when commuters in Hamilton County leave home for work, as a share of everyone who commutes (people who work from home are not counted), from the 2024 ACS 5-year estimates. The thin violet marks show Kansas for comparison. Hover over or tap a row for the exact numbers.

12:00-4:59 AM
7.0%
5:00-5:29 AM
15.4%
5:30-5:59 AM
3.8%
6:00-6:29 AM
10.3%
6:30-6:59 AM
6.8%
7:00-7:29 AM
13.5%
7:30-7:59 AM
6.5%
8:00-8:29 AM
18.4%
8:30-8:59 AM
3.4%
9:00-9:59 AM
1.2%
10:00-10:59 AM
3.2%
11:00-11:59 AM
0.0%
12:00-3:59 PM
1.8%
4:00-11:59 PM
8.7%

Hamilton County Kansas Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates

The busiest time to head out in Hamilton County is 8:00-8:29 AM, when 18.4% of commuters leave home, compared with 10.4% across Kansas. Early starts are more common than in Kansas: 26.2% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 13.5% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Kansas: 45.2% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 52.3% there. About 1 in 7 commuters (14.9%) leave at 9 AM or later, which usually points to shift work, flexible hours or part-time jobs.

When people leave matters as much as how far they go. Rush-hour traffic shrinks how much ground a 20-minute trip covers, so a trade area drawn as a simple circle often takes in neighborhoods that customers or staff would never drive from and misses others that are an easy trip. A drive-time zone, also called an isochrone, outlines every place within a set number of minutes of an address, which makes it the more honest way to size a store's catchment, a hiring area or the commute from a new home.

See it for yourself on the interactive map: click any spot in Hamilton County, pick a 5, 10, 15 or 30-minute drive and see the local demographics of the people who live within that exact drive time.

Is Hamilton County Waking Up Earlier? Typical Departure Time, 2009-2024

Each line follows the typical (median) departure time: the moment by which half of commuters have already left home. Higher on the chart means a later start. Setting Hamilton County next to Kansas and the U.S. shows whether local mornings are drifting earlier or later than everyone else's. The figures span 16 ACS 5-year releases, so changes build up gradually rather than jumping from one year to the next.

Median time commuters leave home, by ACS 5-year release year. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.
Show typical departure times by year
Year Hamilton County Kansas United States
2009 7:17 AM 7:39 AM 7:37 AM
2010 7:17 AM 7:38 AM 7:38 AM
2011 7:16 AM 7:38 AM 7:38 AM
2012 7:11 AM 7:38 AM 7:38 AM
2013 7:12 AM 7:38 AM 7:39 AM
2014 7:03 AM 7:38 AM 7:39 AM
2015 7:05 AM 7:38 AM 7:38 AM
2016 6:59 AM 7:38 AM 7:38 AM
2017 6:46 AM 7:38 AM 7:38 AM
2018 6:46 AM 7:37 AM 7:37 AM
2019 6:57 AM 7:37 AM 7:37 AM
2020 6:49 AM 7:37 AM 7:37 AM
2021 7:19 AM 7:37 AM 7:37 AM
2022 7:11 AM 7:37 AM 7:37 AM
2023 7:23 AM 7:37 AM 7:38 AM
2024 7:15 AM 7:37 AM 7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Hamilton County were on the road by 7:15 AM, 2 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:17 AM). Kansas followed the same path, with the typical start moving 2 minutes earlier. Commuters in Hamilton County now leave 23 minutes earlier than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). Since the 2019 release, which covers the years just before the pandemic, the typical start in Hamilton County has moved 18 minutes later.

How does Hamilton County's commute time compare?

Metric Hamilton County Kansas US Average
Avg. Commute Time 11.6 min 17.2 min 22.4 min
Departure Window 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window 05:00 AM – 05:29 AM 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home 9.8% 11.8% 15.0%
Walked 4.8% 2.3% 2.4%
Public Transit < 0.1% 0.4% 3.2%

The average commute time in Hamilton County is 11.6 minutes, shorter than the 17.2 minutes in Kansas.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.4% in Kansas. 4.8% commute by walking, higher than the 2.3% in Kansas.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Hamilton County, KS Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Hamilton County, KS is the 4th largest of the 6 counties compared here, 2,471 residents against a local median of 3,864. Hamilton County, KS's work from home, at 9.8%, runs 59% above the 6.2% typical of the counties around it.

One-way commute tells the same story from another angle: 11.6 min against a local median of 7.8 min, 49% above it. The one measure here that carries a verdict is one-way commute, and at 49% above the local median it puts Hamilton County, KS at the weaker end of the local range. The counties themselves spread 16.7% on work from home, so Hamilton County, KS sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Hamilton County, KS has the 2nd highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.

Area Population One-way commute Work from home Typical departure
Hamilton County, KS 2,471 11.6 min #5/6 9.8% #2/6 7:15 AM #4/6
Stanton County, KS 2,038 7.8 min 3.3% 7:10 AM
Kearny County, KS 3,864 16.4 min 8.9% 7:12 AM
Greeley County, KS 1,304 7.2 min 20.0% 7:20 AM
Prowers County, CO 11,910 7.6 min 6.2% 7:33 AM
Grant County, KS 7,229 11.4 min 6.1% 7:14 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Hamilton County, Kansas.

How much does the average commute cost workers in Hamilton County, Kansas?

Commuters here spend an estimated 96 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $2,989 at a typical national wage. That's 33% less than the typical Kansas commuter spends.

When is rush hour worst in Hamilton County, Kansas?

Traffic peaks between 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM in Hamilton County, Kansas. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 05:00 AM – 05:29 AM also sees a secondary bump.

Do people use public transit in Hamilton County, Kansas?

Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.0% of commuters use it versus 0.4% in Kansas, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.

Which counties in Kansas have the fastest and slowest commutes?

Among counties in Kansas, the shortest average commutes are in Wichita County (7.0 min), Scott County (7.1 min), Greeley County (7.2 min). The longest are in Linn County (31.3 min), Miami County (30.8 min), Jefferson County (30.3 min).