Sheridan County Commute Time Map & Patterns

Commute Time Burden in Sheridan County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Sheridan County spend about 17 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 72 hours, about 3.0 full days, spent commuting. That is 50% less time on the road than the Kansas average of 17.2 minutes each way, a difference of 8.6 minutes.

Sheridan 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 Sheridan County would save about 29 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $894 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)
Sheridan County	8.7 min	17.3 min	72 hrs/yr	$2,236	170
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.

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On average, it takes 8.7 minutes to get to work in Sheridan County. That's 61% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Faster than 86% 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 17.1% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Sheridan County

• Car: 70.9%
• Worked at Home: 17.1%
• Walked: 10.4% unusually high
• Other: 1.6%
• Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low
• Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
• Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low
• Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low

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

Walking is unusually common in Sheridan County: 4.5 times more than the Kansas average (10.4% vs 2.3%).

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

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

Biking is unusually rare in Sheridan County: 164907361034.4 times less than the Kansas average (0.0% vs 0.3%).

Sheridan County stands out for active commuting: 10.4% of workers walk or bike to work, 4.0 times the Kansas average of 2.6%.

Commute Mode Trends in Sheridan County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Sheridan 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.

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• Worked at Home
• Walked
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Show commute mode data by year

Year	Car	Worked at Home	Walked	Other	Public Transportation	Taxi	Motorcycle	Bicycle
2009	84.4%	7.6%	7.8%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2010	82.6%	10.2%	7.0%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2011	81.5%	12.6%	5.1%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%
2012	85.7%	10.5%	3.0%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%
2013	87.3%	8.5%	3.3%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%
2014	88.7%	5.8%	3.6%	1.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.6%
2015	88.1%	5.4%	5.1%	0.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.6%
2016	86.1%	6.3%	6.5%	0.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%
2017	83.3%	3.1%	11.6%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.8%	0.7%
2018	80.4%	7.1%	10.4%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.8%	0.6%
2019	78.9%	11.3%	8.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.7%	0.5%
2020	76.7%	8.9%	12.7%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.6%	0.6%
2021	75.7%	10.3%	12.5%	0.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.4%	0.5%
2022	74.9%	13.2%	11.2%	0.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	74.5%	15.1%	9.6%	0.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	70.9%	17.1%	10.4%	1.6%	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 2014 at 88.7%. Overall it fell from 84.4% in 2009 to 70.9% in 2024, down 13.5 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 10 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Sheridan County: its share of workers rose from 7.6% in 2009 to 17.1% in 2024, up 9.5 percentage points. Most of that increase, 5.8 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2022 release and has stayed ahead since.

Walking peaked at 12.7% in 2020 and has since fallen back to 10.4%.

Commute Start Times in Sheridan County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Sheridan County?

The bars show when commuters in Sheridan 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 AM Sheridan County1.8% Kansas4.7%	1.8%
5:00-5:29 AM	5:00-5:29 AM Sheridan County3.0% Kansas3.5%	3.0%
5:30-5:59 AM	5:30-5:59 AM Sheridan County7.2% Kansas5.2%	7.2%
6:00-6:29 AM	6:00-6:29 AM Sheridan County6.7% Kansas7.6%	6.7%
6:30-6:59 AM	6:30-6:59 AM Sheridan County5.7% Kansas10.3%	5.7%
7:00-7:29 AM	7:00-7:29 AM Sheridan County15.3% Kansas14.9%	15.3%
7:30-7:59 AM	7:30-7:59 AM Sheridan County32.7% Kansas16.8%	32.7%
8:00-8:29 AM	8:00-8:29 AM Sheridan County12.6% Kansas10.4%	12.6%
8:30-8:59 AM	8:30-8:59 AM Sheridan County3.2% Kansas4.5%	3.2%
9:00-9:59 AM	9:00-9:59 AM Sheridan County3.6% Kansas5.0%	3.6%
10:00-10:59 AM	10:00-10:59 AM Sheridan County0.8% Kansas2.5%	0.8%
11:00-11:59 AM	11:00-11:59 AM Sheridan County2.3% Kansas1.1%	2.3%
12:00-3:59 PM	12:00-3:59 PM Sheridan County1.5% Kansas7.0%	1.5%
4:00-11:59 PM	4:00-11:59 PM Sheridan County3.6% Kansas6.6%	3.6%

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

The busiest time to head out in Sheridan County is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 32.7% 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: 66.3% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 52.3% there. About 1 in 8 commuters (11.8%) 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 Sheridan 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 Sheridan 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 Sheridan 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.

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Show typical departure times by year

Year	Sheridan County	Kansas	United States
2009	7:42 AM	7:39 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:41 AM	7:38 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:42 AM	7:38 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:41 AM	7:38 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:47 AM	7:38 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:44 AM	7:38 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:46 AM	7:38 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:47 AM	7:38 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:48 AM	7:38 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:49 AM	7:37 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:49 AM	7:37 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:44 AM	7:37 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:43 AM	7:37 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:39 AM	7:37 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:38 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:39 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Sheridan County were on the road by 7:39 AM, 3 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:42 AM). Kansas followed the same path, with the typical start moving 2 minutes earlier. Commuters in Sheridan County now leave 2 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 Sheridan County has moved 10 minutes earlier.

How does Sheridan County's commute time compare?

Metric	Sheridan County	Kansas	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	8.7 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	17.1%	11.8%	15.0%
Walked	10.4%	2.3%	2.4%
Public Transit	< 0.1%	0.4%	3.2%

The average commute time in Sheridan County is 8.7 minutes, shorter than the 17.2 minutes in Kansas.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.4% in Kansas. 10.4% commute by walking, higher than the 2.3% in Kansas.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau