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Commute Time Burden in Jewell County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Jewell 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.

Jewell 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 Jewell County would save about 39 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,196 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)
Jewell County 11.6 min 23.2 min 96 hrs/yr $2,991 211
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

Jewell County
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Average commute time

On average, it takes 11.6 minutes to get to work in Jewell County. That's 48% 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 7.9% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Jewell County

  • Car: 88.2%
  • Worked at Home: 7.9%
  • Walked: 3.2%
  • Other: 0.7%
  • Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low

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

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

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

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

Commute Mode Trends in Jewell County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Jewell 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 Other Public Transportation Taxi Motorcycle Bicycle
2009 81.0% 6.9% 9.2% 2.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.3%
2010 82.0% 6.3% 9.0% 2.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1%
2011 81.5% 6.1% 9.8% 2.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2012 82.9% 5.5% 9.3% 2.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2013 83.7% 4.6% 9.3% 2.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2014 84.4% 7.0% 7.3% 0.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0.5% 0.2%
2015 84.7% 7.7% 6.2% 0.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0.5% 0.3%
2016 86.8% 6.7% 4.3% 1.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.8% 0.5%
2017 86.3% 6.2% 5.2% 1.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.9% 0.4%
2018 87.1% 6.2% 5.0% 0.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.6% 0.6%
2019 88.4% 5.6% 4.6% 0.3% 0.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0.2%
2020 88.3% 5.2% 4.4% 1.1% 0.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.3%
2021 86.6% 5.5% 5.3% 1.6% 0.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0.2%
2022 86.3% 6.7% 3.9% 1.7% 0.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0.5%
2023 85.0% 9.4% 3.5% 1.4% 0.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2024 88.2% 7.9% 3.2% 0.7% 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 peaked in 2019 at 88.4%. Overall it rose from 81.0% in 2009 to 88.2% in 2024, up 7.2 percentage points. It has risen in the latest release.

Working from home gained the most ground in Jewell County: its share of workers rose from 6.9% in 2009 to 7.9% in 2024, up 1.0 percentage points. Most of that increase, 2.3 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 9.2% to 3.2% of workers (down 6.0 percentage points).

Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2015 release and has stayed ahead since.

Working from home peaked at 9.4% in 2023 and has since fallen back to 7.9%.

Commute Start Times in Jewell County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Jewell County?

The bars show when commuters in Jewell 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
2.6%
5:30-5:59 AM
6.0%
6:00-6:29 AM
5.4%
6:30-6:59 AM
6.9%
7:00-7:29 AM
21.5%
7:30-7:59 AM
26.9%
8:00-8:29 AM
9.2%
8:30-8:59 AM
2.9%
9:00-9:59 AM
7.2%
10:00-10:59 AM
3.7%
11:00-11:59 AM
0.2%
12:00-3:59 PM
2.3%
4:00-11:59 PM
2.0%

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

The busiest time to head out in Jewell County is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 26.9% of commuters leave home, compared with 16.8% across Kansas. Early starts are less common than in Kansas: 12.0% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 13.5% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Kansas: 64.4% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 52.3% there. About 1 in 6 commuters (15.4%) 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 Jewell 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 Jewell 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 Jewell 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 Jewell County Kansas United States
2009 7:37 AM 7:39 AM 7:37 AM
2010 7:33 AM 7:38 AM 7:38 AM
2011 7:28 AM 7:38 AM 7:38 AM
2012 7:30 AM 7:38 AM 7:38 AM
2013 7:33 AM 7:38 AM 7:39 AM
2014 7:34 AM 7:38 AM 7:39 AM
2015 7:36 AM 7:38 AM 7:38 AM
2016 7:36 AM 7:38 AM 7:38 AM
2017 7:34 AM 7:38 AM 7:38 AM
2018 7:39 AM 7:37 AM 7:37 AM
2019 7:37 AM 7:37 AM 7:37 AM
2020 7:32 AM 7:37 AM 7:37 AM
2021 7:29 AM 7:37 AM 7:37 AM
2022 7:25 AM 7:37 AM 7:37 AM
2023 7:34 AM 7:37 AM 7:38 AM
2024 7:35 AM 7:37 AM 7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Jewell County were on the road by 7:35 AM, 2 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:37 AM). Kansas followed the same path, with the typical start moving 2 minutes earlier. Commuters in Jewell County now leave 3 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 Jewell County has moved 2 minutes earlier.

How does Jewell County's commute time compare?

Metric Jewell County Kansas US Average
Avg. Commute Time 11.6 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 7.9% 11.8% 15.0%
Walked 3.2% 2.3% 2.4%
Public Transit < 0.1% 0.4% 3.2%

The average commute time in Jewell 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. 3.2% commute by walking, higher than the 2.3% in Kansas.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Jewell County, KS Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Jewell County, KS is the smallest of the 6 counties compared here, 2,916 residents against a local median of 4,087. Where Jewell County, KS breaks from the counties next to it is work from home, sitting 71% above the local median of 4.6% at 7.9%.

The counties themselves spread 7.0% on work from home, so Jewell County, KS sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Jewell County, KS has the 3rd highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.

Area Population One-way commute Work from home Typical departure
Jewell County, KS 2,916 11.6 min #4/6 7.9% #3/6 7:35 AM #3/6
Mitchell County, KS 5,779 8.8 min 8.3% 7:48 AM
Nuckolls County, NE 4,087 10.2 min 10.9% 7:25 AM
Webster County, NE 3,360 20.5 min 4.6% 7:21 AM
Smith County, KS 3,552 8.6 min 3.9% 7:44 AM
Republic County, KS 4,646 12.0 min 3.9% 7:36 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Jewell County, Kansas.

Is living in Jewell County, Kansas good for avoiding long commute costs?

Commuters here spend an estimated 96 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $2,991 at a typical national wage. That's 33% less than the typical Kansas commuter spends.

When is peak congestion during the morning commute in Jewell County, Kansas?

Traffic peaks between 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM in Jewell 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.

Do people use public transit in Jewell 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).