Commuting in Saline 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 Saline County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Saline County spend about 26 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 108 hours, about 4.5 full days, spent commuting. That is 25% less time on the road than the Kansas average of 17.2 minutes each way, a difference of 4.3 minutes.
Saline County holds about 1.8% of Kansas's population but accounts for roughly 1.4% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Saline County would save about 43 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,338 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)
Saline County
12.9 min
25.9 min
108 hrs/yr
$3,344
986
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
12.9
minutes to get to work in
Saline County.
That's 42% 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 6.8% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Saline County
Car:
87.9%
Worked at Home:
6.8%
Walked:
2.3%
Bicycle:
1.2%unusually high
Other:
1.0%
Taxi:
0.3%
Motorcycle:
0.2%
Public Transportation:
0.2%
Biking is unusually common in Saline County: 4.3 times more than the Kansas average (1.2% vs 0.3%).
Commute Mode Trends in Saline County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Saline 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
Taxi
Public Transportation
Motorcycle
2009
92.9%
3.0%
1.8%
0.5%
1.0%
0.3%
0.3%
0.3%
2010
92.4%
3.4%
1.7%
0.4%
1.2%
0.1%
0.2%
0.5%
2011
91.1%
3.7%
2.4%
0.4%
1.5%
0.2%
0.3%
0.5%
2012
91.1%
3.8%
2.2%
0.5%
1.4%
0.1%
0.3%
0.6%
2013
91.1%
3.5%
2.1%
0.5%
1.9%
0.1%
0.4%
0.4%
2014
91.4%
3.4%
1.9%
0.5%
2.0%
0.1%
0.4%
0.5%
2015
91.4%
3.2%
1.8%
0.6%
1.9%
0.1%
0.5%
0.5%
2016
91.8%
3.0%
1.5%
0.7%
1.8%
0.0%
0.6%
0.6%
2017
91.4%
2.9%
1.8%
0.8%
2.0%
0.0%
0.6%
0.5%
2018
92.1%
2.8%
1.8%
0.7%
1.5%
0.0%
0.6%
0.5%
2019
91.3%
3.2%
1.8%
0.7%
1.6%
0.0%
0.9%
0.6%
2020
90.6%
4.1%
2.2%
0.7%
1.3%
0.2%
0.5%
0.4%
2021
91.3%
4.6%
1.8%
0.3%
1.1%
0.2%
0.4%
0.3%
2022
90.8%
5.3%
1.5%
0.4%
1.1%
0.2%
0.4%
0.3%
2023
89.7%
6.4%
1.7%
0.8%
0.7%
0.2%
0.4%
0.2%
2024
87.9%
6.8%
2.3%
1.2%
1.0%
0.3%
0.2%
0.2%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Overall its share fell from 92.9% in 2009 to 87.9% in 2024, down 5.0 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 3 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Saline County: its share of workers rose from 3.0% in 2009 to 6.8% in 2024, up 3.8 percentage points. Most of that increase, 3.6 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Commute Start Times in Saline County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Saline County?
The bars show when commuters in Saline 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 AMSaline County5.7%Kansas4.7%
5.7%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMSaline County2.6%Kansas3.5%
2.6%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMSaline County6.1%Kansas5.2%
6.1%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMSaline County4.7%Kansas7.6%
4.7%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMSaline County11.0%Kansas10.3%
11.0%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMSaline County14.1%Kansas14.9%
14.1%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMSaline County19.3%Kansas16.8%
19.3%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMSaline County8.4%Kansas10.4%
8.4%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMSaline County2.8%Kansas4.5%
2.8%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMSaline County5.5%Kansas5.0%
5.5%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMSaline County1.6%Kansas2.5%
1.6%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMSaline County0.8%Kansas1.1%
0.8%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMSaline County6.4%Kansas7.0%
6.4%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMSaline County10.8%Kansas6.6%
10.8%
Saline CountyKansasSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Saline County is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 19.3% of commuters leave home, compared with 16.8% across Kansas. Early starts are more common than in Kansas: 14.5% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 13.5% there. The morning rush looks much like Kansas's: 52.9% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 52.3% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (25.1%) 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 Saline 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 Saline 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 Saline 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
Saline County
Kansas
United States
2009
7:44 AM
7:39 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:45 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:43 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:42 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:40 AM
7:38 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:40 AM
7:38 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:40 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:40 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:40 AM
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:41 AM
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:41 AM
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:42 AM
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:41 AM
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:41 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:39 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Saline County were on the road by 7:39 AM, 5 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:44 AM). The shift is sharper than across Kansas, where the typical start moved 2 minutes earlier. Commuters in Saline 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 Saline County has moved 2 minutes earlier.
How does Saline County's commute time compare?
Metric
Saline County
Kansas
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
12.9 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
6.8%
11.8%
15.0%
Walked
2.3%
2.3%
2.4%
Public Transit
0.2%
0.4%
3.2%
The average commute time in Saline County is 12.9 minutes, shorter than the 17.2 minutes in Kansas.
0.2% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.4% in Kansas. The share of commuters using walking is about the same as Kansas.
Saline County, KS Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Saline County, KS is the largest of the 6 counties compared here, 53,668 residents against a local median of 6,360. Where Saline County, KS breaks from the counties next to it is one-way commute, sitting 22% below the local median of 16.6 min at 12.9 min. That is the better end of the local range on this measure.
The counties themselves spread 9.5 min on one-way commute, so Saline County, KS sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Saline County, KS has the 3rd lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Saline County, Kansas.
Is commuting expensive in Saline County, Kansas?
Commuters here spend an estimated 108 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $3,344 at a typical national wage. That's 25% less than the typical Kansas commuter spends.
What time should you leave for work to avoid traffic in Saline County, Kansas?
Traffic peaks between 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM in Saline 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).