Commuting in Johnson 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 Johnson County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Johnson County spend about 40 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 168 hours, about 7.0 full days, spent commuting. That is 17% more time on the road than the Kansas average of 17.2 minutes each way, a difference of 3.0 minutes.
Johnson County holds about 21.0% of Kansas's population but accounts for roughly 24.7% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Johnson County would save about 67 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,087 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)
Johnson County
20.2 min
40.4 min
168 hrs/yr
$5,218
1,965
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.
On average, it takes
20.2
minutes to get to work in
Johnson County.
That's 10% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Slower than 88% of counties in Kansas
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 22.4% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Johnson County
Car:
75.4%
Worked at Home:
22.4%
Walked:
0.9%
Other:
0.7%
Taxi:
0.2%
Public Transportation:
0.2%
Bicycle:
0.1%
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%
Commute Mode Trends in Johnson County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Johnson 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
92.3%
5.1%
1.1%
0.6%
0.4%
0.1%
0.2%
0.1%
2010
92.1%
5.4%
1.0%
0.6%
0.4%
0.1%
0.3%
0.2%
2011
92.4%
5.4%
0.9%
0.4%
0.4%
0.1%
0.2%
0.2%
2012
92.4%
5.4%
0.9%
0.4%
0.4%
0.1%
0.3%
0.2%
2013
92.5%
5.4%
0.8%
0.4%
0.4%
0.1%
0.2%
0.2%
2014
92.7%
5.3%
0.8%
0.4%
0.4%
0.0%
0.2%
0.2%
2015
92.6%
5.4%
0.8%
0.4%
0.4%
0.0%
0.2%
0.2%
2016
92.2%
5.6%
0.9%
0.5%
0.4%
0.1%
0.2%
0.2%
2017
91.8%
6.1%
0.8%
0.5%
0.3%
0.1%
0.2%
0.2%
2018
91.7%
6.2%
0.9%
0.5%
0.3%
0.1%
0.2%
0.2%
2019
91.2%
6.7%
0.9%
0.5%
0.3%
0.1%
0.1%
0.1%
2020
87.2%
10.7%
0.9%
0.6%
0.2%
0.1%
0.1%
0.1%
2021
83.5%
14.4%
0.9%
0.7%
0.2%
0.1%
0.1%
0.1%
2022
80.2%
17.6%
1.0%
0.7%
0.2%
0.2%
0.1%
0.1%
2023
77.9%
20.0%
0.9%
0.7%
0.2%
0.2%
0.1%
0.1%
2024
75.4%
22.4%
0.9%
0.7%
0.2%
0.2%
0.1%
0.1%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2014 at 92.7%. Overall it fell from 92.3% in 2009 to 75.4% in 2024, down 16.9 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 10 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Johnson County: its share of workers rose from 5.1% in 2009 to 22.4% in 2024, up 17.3 percentage points. Most of that increase, 15.7 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Commute Start Times in Johnson County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Johnson County?
The bars show when commuters in Johnson 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
12:00-4:59 AMJohnson County2.8%Kansas4.7%
2.8%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMJohnson County2.2%Kansas3.5%
2.2%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMJohnson County3.2%Kansas5.2%
3.2%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMJohnson County6.5%Kansas7.6%
6.5%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMJohnson County9.7%Kansas10.3%
9.7%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMJohnson County15.7%Kansas14.9%
15.7%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMJohnson County16.7%Kansas16.8%
16.7%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMJohnson County14.4%Kansas10.4%
14.4%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMJohnson County6.3%Kansas4.5%
6.3%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMJohnson County6.5%Kansas5.0%
6.5%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMJohnson County3.2%Kansas2.5%
3.2%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMJohnson County1.4%Kansas1.1%
1.4%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMJohnson County5.9%Kansas7.0%
5.9%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMJohnson County5.5%Kansas6.6%
5.5%
Johnson CountyKansasSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Johnson County is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 16.7% of commuters leave home, compared with 16.8% across Kansas. Early starts are less common than in Kansas: 8.2% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 13.5% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Kansas: 56.5% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 52.3% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (22.6%) 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 Johnson 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 Johnson 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 Johnson 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
Johnson County
Kansas
United States
2009
7:46 AM
7:39 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:46 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:46 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:46 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:46 AM
7:38 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:46 AM
7:38 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:46 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:46 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:46 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:46 AM
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:46 AM
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:46 AM
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:46 AM
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:46 AM
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:47 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:48 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Johnson County were on the road by 7:48 AM, 2 minutes later than in 2009 (7:46 AM). That goes against the trend across Kansas, where the typical commuter now leaves 2 minutes earlier than in 2009. Commuters in Johnson County now leave 10 minutes later than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). Since the 2019 release, which covers the years just before the pandemic, the typical start in Johnson County has moved 2 minutes later. The 2024 release is the latest typical start for Johnson County in the whole series.
How does Johnson County's commute time compare?
Metric
Johnson County
Kansas
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
20.2 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
22.4%
11.8%
15.0%
Walked
0.9%
2.3%
2.4%
Public Transit
0.2%
0.4%
3.2%
The average commute time in Johnson County is 20.2 minutes, longer than the 17.2 minutes in Kansas.
0.2% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.4% in Kansas. 0.9% commute by walking, lower than the 2.3% in Kansas.
Johnson County, KS Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Johnson County, KS is the 2nd largest of the 6 counties compared here, 619,445 residents against a local median of 120,302. Where Johnson County, KS breaks from the counties next to it is work from home, sitting 59% above the local median of 14.1% at 22.4%.
The counties themselves sit within 6.4% of each other on work from home, a tighter band than the gap between any of them and Johnson County, KS, which makes it a genuine outlier here rather than one end of a wide local spread. Johnson County, KS has the highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Johnson County, Kansas.
What is the financial impact of commuting in Johnson County, Kansas?
Commuters here spend an estimated 168 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,218 at a typical national wage. That's 17% more than the typical Kansas commuter spends.
What are the busiest morning travel hours in Johnson County, Kansas?
Traffic peaks between 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM in Johnson 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 much time do residents in Johnson County, Kansas save by working from home?
About 22.4% of workers here already work from home. Working from home just 2 days a week in Johnson County would save about 67 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,087 at the same national wage assumption used above.
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).