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Commuting in Kiowa 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 Kiowa County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Kiowa County spend about 21 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 86 hours, about 3.6 full days, spent commuting. That is 40% less time on the road than the Kansas average of 17.2 minutes each way, a difference of 6.9 minutes.

Kiowa County holds about 0.1% of Kansas's population but accounts for roughly 0.0% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Kiowa County would save about 34 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,067 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)
Kiowa County 10.3 min 20.7 min 86 hrs/yr $2,669 103
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

Kiowa County
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Average commute time

On average, it takes 10.3 minutes to get to work in Kiowa County. That's 54% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Faster than 78% 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 9.4% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Kiowa County

  • Car: 81.7%
  • Worked at Home: 9.4%
  • Walked: 7.6% unusually high
  • Public Transportation: 0.5%
  • Other: 0.4%
  • Bicycle: 0.4%
  • Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low

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

Walking is unusually common in Kiowa County: 3.3 times more than the Kansas average (7.6% vs 2.3%).

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

Kiowa County stands out for active commuting: 8.0% of workers walk or bike to work, 3.1 times the Kansas average of 2.6%.

Commute Mode Trends in Kiowa County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Kiowa 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 Bicycle Other Taxi Motorcycle
2009 69.3% 7.0% 19.0% 0.0% 1.0% 2.6% 0.0% 1.1%
2010 68.8% 9.2% 18.6% 0.0% 0.8% 2.3% 0.0% 0.4%
2011 75.2% 11.5% 8.4% 0.0% 1.3% 3.4% 0.0% 0.2%
2012 76.2% 11.5% 7.8% 0.0% 1.6% 2.7% 0.0% 0.2%
2013 77.2% 10.9% 8.9% 0.0% 1.3% 1.7% 0.0% 0.0%
2014 80.1% 10.8% 7.8% 0.0% 0.8% 0.5% 0.0% 0.0%
2015 83.6% 7.0% 7.7% 0.0% 1.4% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0%
2016 85.3% 6.6% 6.9% 0.0% 0.8% 0.5% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 86.1% 6.1% 6.4% 0.2% 0.7% 0.4% 0.0% 0.0%
2018 86.3% 8.2% 4.2% 0.2% 0.7% 0.4% 0.0% 0.0%
2019 84.9% 8.5% 4.9% 0.2% 1.0% 0.5% 0.0% 0.0%
2020 86.6% 8.2% 4.0% 0.2% 0.4% 0.5% 0.0% 0.0%
2021 80.6% 10.6% 7.9% 0.1% 0.7% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0%
2022 80.8% 8.3% 9.7% 0.3% 0.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2023 82.0% 8.8% 7.9% 0.5% 0.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2024 81.7% 9.4% 7.6% 0.5% 0.4% 0.4% 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 2020 at 86.6% and lowest in 2010 at 68.8%. Overall it rose from 69.3% in 2009 to 81.7% in 2024, up 12.4 percentage points.

Working from home gained the most ground in Kiowa County: its share of workers rose from 7.0% in 2009 to 9.4% in 2024, up 2.4 percentage points.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 19.0% to 7.6% of workers (down 11.4 percentage points).

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

Working from home peaked at 11.5% in 2011 and has since fallen back to 9.4%.

Commute Start Times in Kiowa County

  • Hitting SnoozeThe 3rd-biggest shift to later mornings among Kansas's 105 counties: the typical start is 11 minutes later than in 2009.

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Kiowa County?

The bars show when commuters in Kiowa 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
2.8%
5:00-5:29 AM
2.0%
5:30-5:59 AM
1.1%
6:00-6:29 AM
3.8%
6:30-6:59 AM
10.4%
7:00-7:29 AM
17.5%
7:30-7:59 AM
21.3%
8:00-8:29 AM
14.0%
8:30-8:59 AM
2.2%
9:00-9:59 AM
7.0%
10:00-10:59 AM
3.2%
11:00-11:59 AM
2.7%
12:00-3:59 PM
4.0%
4:00-11:59 PM
8.0%

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

The busiest time to head out in Kiowa County is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 21.3% of commuters leave home, compared with 16.8% across Kansas. Early starts are less common than in Kansas: 5.9% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 13.5% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Kansas: 63.3% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 52.3% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (24.9%) 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 Kiowa 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 Kiowa 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 Kiowa 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 Kiowa 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 7:35 AM 7:38 AM 7:38 AM
2012 7:36 AM 7:38 AM 7:38 AM
2013 7:40 AM 7:38 AM 7:39 AM
2014 7:41 AM 7:38 AM 7:39 AM
2015 7:49 AM 7:38 AM 7:38 AM
2016 7:50 AM 7:38 AM 7:38 AM
2017 7:48 AM 7:38 AM 7:38 AM
2018 7:47 AM 7:37 AM 7:37 AM
2019 7:46 AM 7:37 AM 7:37 AM
2020 7:50 AM 7:37 AM 7:37 AM
2021 7:50 AM 7:37 AM 7:37 AM
2022 7:49 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 Kiowa County were on the road by 7:48 AM, 11 minutes later than in 2009 (7:37 AM). That goes against the trend across Kansas, where the typical commuter now leaves 2 minutes earlier than in 2009. Commuters in Kiowa County now leave 10 minutes later than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM).

How does Kiowa County's commute time compare?

Metric Kiowa County Kansas US Average
Avg. Commute Time 10.3 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 9.4% 11.8% 15.0%
Walked 7.6% 2.3% 2.4%
Public Transit 0.5% 0.4% 3.2%

The average commute time in Kiowa County is 10.3 minutes, shorter than the 17.2 minutes in Kansas.

0.5% commute by public transit, higher than the 0.4% in Kansas. 7.6% commute by walking, higher than the 2.3% in Kansas.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Kiowa County, KS Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Kiowa County, KS is typical in size for this group, 2,422 residents against a local median of 2,779, so the measures below are close to a like for like comparison. The measure that sets Kiowa County, KS apart most is work from home: 9.4%, 160% above the local median of 3.6%.

The counties themselves spread 3.6% on work from home, so Kiowa County, KS sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Kiowa County, KS has the highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.

Area Population One-way commute Work from home Typical departure
Kiowa County, KS 2,422 10.3 min #3/6 9.4% #1/6 7:48 AM #6/6
Edwards County, KS 2,779 12.9 min 3.4% 7:24 AM
Comanche County, KS 1,729 8.1 min 3.6% 7:44 AM
Pratt County, KS 9,127 8.1 min 6.5% 7:44 AM
Ford County, KS 34,074 11.5 min 2.9% 7:42 AM
Clark County, KS 1,974 11.7 min 6.3% 7:36 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Kiowa County, Kansas.

What is the financial impact of commuting in Kiowa County, Kansas?

Commuters here spend an estimated 86 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $2,669 at a typical national wage. That's 40% less than the typical Kansas commuter spends.

What are the busiest morning travel hours in Kiowa County, Kansas?

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

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).