Commuting in Pratt 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 Pratt County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Pratt County spend about 16 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 67 hours, about 2.8 full days, spent commuting. That is 53% less time on the road than the Kansas average of 17.2 minutes each way, a difference of 9.2 minutes.
Pratt County holds about 0.3% of Kansas's population but accounts for roughly 0.1% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Pratt County would save about 27 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $834 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)
Pratt County
8.1 min
16.1 min
67 hrs/yr
$2,084
283
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
8.1
minutes to get to work in
Pratt County.
That's 64% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Faster than 92% 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 6.5% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Pratt County
Car:
88.7%
Worked at Home:
6.5%
Walked:
3.5%
Motorcycle:
0.5%unusually high
Bicycle:
0.4%
Public Transportation:
0.3%
Other:
0.2%
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Riding a motorcycle is unusually common in Pratt County: 4.1 times more than the Kansas average (0.5% vs 0.1%).
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Pratt County, versus 0.2% in Kansas.
Commute Mode Trends in Pratt County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Pratt 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
Motorcycle
Bicycle
Public Transportation
Other
Taxi
2009
88.7%
3.5%
4.0%
0.2%
0.4%
0.1%
3.0%
0.0%
2010
90.0%
4.0%
3.2%
0.2%
0.8%
0.1%
1.6%
0.0%
2011
90.1%
4.8%
2.9%
0.3%
0.9%
0.1%
1.0%
0.0%
2012
90.8%
4.3%
3.1%
0.3%
0.9%
0.1%
0.1%
0.5%
2013
90.9%
4.8%
2.4%
0.5%
1.0%
0.1%
0.0%
0.3%
2014
92.6%
4.0%
2.3%
0.4%
0.3%
0.0%
0.2%
0.2%
2015
94.1%
2.5%
2.1%
0.4%
0.0%
0.0%
0.6%
0.2%
2016
91.8%
2.7%
3.0%
0.4%
0.0%
0.0%
1.8%
0.3%
2017
92.0%
2.8%
2.9%
0.4%
0.0%
0.2%
1.8%
0.0%
2018
91.4%
2.7%
3.8%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
1.9%
0.0%
2019
89.8%
3.5%
4.5%
0.0%
0.0%
0.2%
2.0%
0.0%
2020
88.5%
4.4%
4.6%
0.9%
0.1%
0.3%
1.3%
0.0%
2021
89.3%
4.7%
4.7%
0.5%
0.2%
0.2%
0.2%
0.0%
2022
88.4%
5.9%
4.7%
0.5%
0.3%
0.1%
0.2%
0.0%
2023
86.1%
7.1%
5.4%
0.6%
0.3%
0.3%
0.2%
0.0%
2024
88.7%
6.5%
3.5%
0.5%
0.4%
0.3%
0.2%
0.0%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share was highest in 2015 at 94.1% and lowest in 2023 at 86.1%. Overall it held roughly steady, at 88.7% in 2009 and 88.7% in 2024. It has risen in the latest release.
Working from home gained the most ground in Pratt County: its share of workers rose from 3.5% in 2009 to 6.5% in 2024, up 3.0 percentage points. Most of that increase, 3.0 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 4.0% to 3.5% of workers (down 0.5 percentage points).
Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2022 release and has stayed ahead since.
Commute Start Times in Pratt County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Pratt County?
The bars show when commuters in Pratt 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 AMPratt County3.3%Kansas4.7%
3.3%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMPratt County1.8%Kansas3.5%
1.8%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMPratt County1.6%Kansas5.2%
1.6%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMPratt County7.0%Kansas7.6%
7.0%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMPratt County9.7%Kansas10.3%
9.7%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMPratt County16.1%Kansas14.9%
16.1%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMPratt County22.4%Kansas16.8%
22.4%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMPratt County10.5%Kansas10.4%
10.5%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMPratt County6.3%Kansas4.5%
6.3%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMPratt County3.8%Kansas5.0%
3.8%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMPratt County1.0%Kansas2.5%
1.0%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMPratt County0.1%Kansas1.1%
0.1%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMPratt County6.2%Kansas7.0%
6.2%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMPratt County10.2%Kansas6.6%
10.2%
Pratt CountyKansasSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Pratt County is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 22.4% of commuters leave home, compared with 16.8% across Kansas. Early starts are less common than in Kansas: 6.7% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 13.5% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Kansas: 58.7% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 52.3% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (21.3%) 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 Pratt 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 Pratt 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 Pratt 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
Pratt County
Kansas
United States
2009
7:41 AM
7:39 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:43 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:44 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:45 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:45 AM
7:38 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:43 AM
7:38 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:48 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:47 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:47 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:51 AM
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:50 AM
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:46 AM
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:51 AM
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:48 AM
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:44 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:44 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Pratt County were on the road by 7:44 AM, 4 minutes later than in 2009 (7:41 AM). That goes against the trend across Kansas, where the typical commuter now leaves 2 minutes earlier than in 2009. Commuters in Pratt County now leave 6 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 Pratt County has moved 6 minutes earlier.
How does Pratt County's commute time compare?
Metric
Pratt County
Kansas
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
8.1 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
6.5%
11.8%
15.0%
Walked
3.5%
2.3%
2.4%
Public Transit
0.3%
0.4%
3.2%
The average commute time in Pratt County is 8.1 minutes, shorter than the 17.2 minutes in Kansas.
0.3% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.4% in Kansas. 3.5% commute by walking, higher than the 2.3% in Kansas.
Pratt County, KS Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Pratt County, KS is the largest of the 6 counties compared here, 9,127 residents against a local median of 3,978. Where Pratt County, KS breaks from the counties next to it is one-way commute, sitting 38% below the local median of 12.9 min at 8.1 min. That is the better end of the local range on this measure.
Work from home tells the same story from another angle: 6.5% against a local median of 5.2%, 24% above it. The counties themselves spread 7.5 min on one-way commute, so Pratt County, KS sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Pratt County, KS has the lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Pratt County, Kansas.
What is the financial impact of commuting in Pratt County, Kansas?
Commuters here spend an estimated 67 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $2,084 at a typical national wage. That's 53% less than the typical Kansas commuter spends.
What are the busiest morning travel hours in Pratt County, Kansas?
Traffic peaks between 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM in Pratt 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.
Where are the quickest and slowest commutes among 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).