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Harper County Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Harper 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 Harper County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Harper County spend about 24 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 102 hours, about 4.2 full days, spent commuting. That is 29% less time on the road than the Kansas average of 17.2 minutes each way, a difference of 5.0 minutes.

Harper County holds about 0.2% of Kansas's population but accounts for roughly 0.1% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Harper County would save about 41 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,262 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)
Harper County 12.2 min 24.4 min 102 hrs/yr $3,156 192
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

Harper County
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Average commute time

On average, it takes 12.2 minutes to get to work in Harper County. That's 45% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM, followed by 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 5.0% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Harper County

  • Car: 87.0%
  • Worked at Home: 5.0%
  • Walked: 4.8%
  • Bicycle: 1.5% unusually high
  • Other: 1.2%
  • Public Transportation: 0.5%
  • Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low

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

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

Biking is unusually common in Harper County: 5.3 times more than the Kansas average (1.5% vs 0.3%).

Commute Mode Trends in Harper County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Harper 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 Bicycle Other Public Transportation Taxi Motorcycle
2009 92.2% 4.5% 2.9% 0.1% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1%
2010 92.8% 4.3% 2.4% 0.1% 0.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2011 93.6% 3.3% 2.5% 0.2% 0.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2012 94.0% 2.5% 2.4% 0.4% 0.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2013 93.4% 2.0% 2.6% 0.9% 1.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2014 92.2% 3.2% 2.9% 0.7% 0.8% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0%
2015 92.3% 2.4% 3.3% 0.9% 0.9% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0%
2016 92.4% 2.6% 3.2% 0.8% 0.9% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 91.9% 2.7% 4.5% 0.3% 0.5% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0%
2018 90.3% 3.1% 5.8% 0.0% 0.5% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0%
2019 90.7% 4.2% 4.6% 0.0% 0.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2020 88.7% 5.7% 4.2% 0.0% 1.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2021 87.9% 5.5% 5.2% 0.0% 1.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2022 89.0% 5.4% 3.9% 0.0% 1.0% 0.6% 0.0% 0.0%
2023 86.6% 7.1% 3.7% 1.2% 0.8% 0.6% 0.0% 0.0%
2024 87.0% 5.0% 4.8% 1.5% 1.2% 0.5% 0.0% 0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share was highest in 2012 at 94.0% and lowest in 2023 at 86.6%. Overall it fell from 92.2% in 2009 to 87.0% in 2024, down 5.2 percentage points.

Walking gained the most ground in Harper County: its share of workers rose from 2.9% in 2009 to 4.8% in 2024, up 1.9 percentage points.

Public transit overtook riding a motorcycle to become the 6th most common choice in the 2022 release and has stayed ahead since.

Working from home peaked at 7.1% in 2023 and has since fallen back to 5.0%.

Commute Start Times in Harper County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Harper County?

The bars show when commuters in Harper 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
3.3%
5:00-5:29 AM
2.9%
5:30-5:59 AM
3.9%
6:00-6:29 AM
3.8%
6:30-6:59 AM
12.9%
7:00-7:29 AM
16.4%
7:30-7:59 AM
27.5%
8:00-8:29 AM
11.4%
8:30-8:59 AM
2.4%
9:00-9:59 AM
6.2%
10:00-10:59 AM
1.8%
11:00-11:59 AM
0.5%
12:00-3:59 PM
3.4%
4:00-11:59 PM
3.7%

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

The busiest time to head out in Harper County is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 27.5% of commuters leave home, compared with 16.8% across Kansas. Early starts are less common than in Kansas: 10.0% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 13.5% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Kansas: 68.1% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 52.3% there. About 1 in 6 commuters (15.6%) 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 Harper 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 Harper 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 Harper 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 Harper County Kansas United States
2009 7:39 AM 7:39 AM 7:37 AM
2010 7:39 AM 7:38 AM 7:38 AM
2011 7:37 AM 7:38 AM 7:38 AM
2012 7:37 AM 7:38 AM 7:38 AM
2013 7:37 AM 7:38 AM 7:39 AM
2014 7:38 AM 7:38 AM 7:39 AM
2015 7:35 AM 7:38 AM 7:38 AM
2016 7:35 AM 7:38 AM 7:38 AM
2017 7:29 AM 7:38 AM 7:38 AM
2018 7:28 AM 7:37 AM 7:37 AM
2019 7:21 AM 7:37 AM 7:37 AM
2020 7:22 AM 7:37 AM 7:37 AM
2021 7:26 AM 7:37 AM 7:37 AM
2022 7:31 AM 7:37 AM 7:37 AM
2023 7:38 AM 7:37 AM 7:38 AM
2024 7:38 AM 7:37 AM 7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Harper County were on the road by 7:38 AM, 2 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:39 AM). Kansas followed the same path, with the typical start moving 2 minutes earlier. Commuters in Harper County now leave at about the same time as the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). Since the 2019 release, which covers the years just before the pandemic, the typical start in Harper County has moved 17 minutes later.

How does Harper County's commute time compare?

Metric Harper County Kansas US Average
Avg. Commute Time 12.2 min 17.2 min 22.4 min
Departure Window 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home 5.0% 11.8% 15.0%
Walked 4.8% 2.3% 2.4%
Public Transit 0.5% 0.4% 3.2%

The average commute time in Harper County is 12.2 minutes, shorter than the 17.2 minutes in Kansas.

0.5% commute by public transit, higher than the 0.4% in Kansas. 4.8% commute by walking, higher than the 2.3% in Kansas.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Harper County, KS Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Harper County, KS is typical in size for this group, 5,400 residents against a local median of 5,696, so the measures below are close to a like for like comparison. Where Harper County, KS breaks from the counties next to it is one-way commute, sitting 31% below the local median of 17.6 min at 12.2 min. That is the better end of the local range on this measure.

The counties themselves spread 13.6 min on one-way commute, so Harper County, KS sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Harper County, KS has the 2nd lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.

Area Population One-way commute Work from home Typical departure
Harper County, KS 5,400 12.2 min #2/6 5.0% #4/6 7:38 AM #5/6
Kingman County, KS 7,186 17.6 min 5.2% 7:15 AM
Grant County, OK 4,130 21.5 min 8.6% 7:32 AM
Alfalfa County, OK 5,696 15.7 min 3.7% 7:31 AM
Sumner County, KS 22,353 23.6 min 7.1% 7:24 AM
Barber County, KS 4,069 10.0 min 3.4% 7:39 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Harper County, Kansas.

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

Commuters here spend an estimated 102 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $3,156 at a typical national wage. That's 29% less than the typical Kansas commuter spends.

When is rush hour worst in Harper County, Kansas?

Traffic peaks between 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM in Harper County, Kansas. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM also sees a secondary bump.

How do commute times compare across counties in Kansas?

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).