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Sherman County Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Sherman 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 Sherman County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Sherman County spend about 20 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 84 hours, about 3.5 full days, spent commuting. That is 42% less time on the road than the Kansas average of 17.2 minutes each way, a difference of 7.2 minutes.

Sherman County holds about 0.2% of Kansas's population but accounts for roughly 0.1% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Sherman County would save about 34 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,039 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)
Sherman County 10.1 min 20.1 min 84 hrs/yr $2,597 321
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

Sherman County
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Average commute time

On average, it takes 10.1 minutes to get to work in Sherman County. That's 55% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Faster than 80% of counties in Kansas

The most common departure window is 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM, followed by 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 14.5% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Sherman County

  • Car: 80.6%
  • Worked at Home: 14.5%
  • Walked: 2.6%
  • Other: 1.1%
  • Motorcycle: 0.9% unusually high
  • Bicycle: 0.2%
  • Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low

Riding a motorcycle is unusually common in Sherman County: 7.5 times more than the Kansas average (0.9% vs 0.1%).

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

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

Commute Mode Trends in Sherman County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Sherman 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 Motorcycle Bicycle Public Transportation Taxi
2009 88.3% 4.9% 6.1% 0.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.4% 0.0%
2010 86.9% 5.7% 6.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.5% 0.0%
2011 88.5% 6.2% 4.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.6% 0.2% 0.0%
2012 89.2% 5.9% 3.3% 1.1% 0.0% 0.4% 0.1% 0.0%
2013 88.3% 7.2% 1.9% 1.1% 1.1% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0%
2014 88.9% 5.8% 1.9% 1.7% 1.0% 0.7% 0.0% 0.0%
2015 90.5% 6.1% 0.2% 1.1% 1.2% 0.9% 0.0% 0.0%
2016 91.1% 5.4% 0.4% 1.4% 1.1% 0.6% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 89.3% 6.6% 1.2% 1.1% 1.2% 0.6% 0.0% 0.0%
2018 88.6% 7.5% 2.0% 1.4% 0.0% 0.5% 0.0% 0.0%
2019 86.0% 10.7% 2.8% 0.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2020 76.8% 18.1% 4.4% 0.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2021 75.7% 20.6% 2.5% 1.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2022 77.3% 18.5% 3.6% 0.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2023 80.9% 14.2% 3.6% 0.6% 0.4% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0%
2024 80.6% 14.5% 2.6% 1.1% 0.9% 0.2% 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 2016 at 91.1% and lowest in 2021 at 75.7%. Overall it fell from 88.3% in 2009 to 80.6% in 2024, down 7.7 percentage points.

Working from home gained the most ground in Sherman County: its share of workers rose from 4.9% in 2009 to 14.5% in 2024, up 9.6 percentage points.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 6.1% to 2.6% of workers (down 3.5 percentage points).

Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2011 release and has stayed ahead since.

Working from home peaked at 20.6% in 2021 and has since fallen back to 14.5%.

Commute Start Times in Sherman County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Sherman County?

The bars show when commuters in Sherman 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
5.0%
5:00-5:29 AM
4.4%
5:30-5:59 AM
3.8%
6:00-6:29 AM
3.7%
6:30-6:59 AM
19.0%
7:00-7:29 AM
18.6%
7:30-7:59 AM
14.4%
8:00-8:29 AM
7.2%
8:30-8:59 AM
4.0%
9:00-9:59 AM
2.8%
10:00-10:59 AM
4.4%
11:00-11:59 AM
0.0%
12:00-3:59 PM
5.1%
4:00-11:59 PM
7.6%

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

The busiest time to head out in Sherman County is 6:30-6:59 AM, when 19.0% of commuters leave home, compared with 10.3% across Kansas. Early starts are about as common as in Kansas: 13.2% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 13.5% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Kansas: 59.2% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 52.3% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (19.9%) 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 Sherman 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 Sherman 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 Sherman 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 Sherman County Kansas United States
2009 7:28 AM 7:39 AM 7:37 AM
2010 7:35 AM 7:38 AM 7:38 AM
2011 7:29 AM 7:38 AM 7:38 AM
2012 7:39 AM 7:38 AM 7:38 AM
2013 7:36 AM 7:38 AM 7:39 AM
2014 7:40 AM 7:38 AM 7:39 AM
2015 7:33 AM 7:38 AM 7:38 AM
2016 7:39 AM 7:38 AM 7:38 AM
2017 7:40 AM 7:38 AM 7:38 AM
2018 7:35 AM 7:37 AM 7:37 AM
2019 7:34 AM 7:37 AM 7:37 AM
2020 7:37 AM 7:37 AM 7:37 AM
2021 7:32 AM 7:37 AM 7:37 AM
2022 7:24 AM 7:37 AM 7:37 AM
2023 7:29 AM 7:37 AM 7:38 AM
2024 7:23 AM 7:37 AM 7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Sherman County were on the road by 7:23 AM, 6 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:28 AM). The shift is sharper than across Kansas, where the typical start moved 2 minutes earlier. Commuters in Sherman County now leave 15 minutes earlier than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). Since the 2019 release, which covers the years just before the pandemic, the typical start in Sherman County has moved 11 minutes earlier. The 2024 release is the earliest typical start for Sherman County in the whole series.

How does Sherman County's commute time compare?

Metric Sherman County Kansas US Average
Avg. Commute Time 10.1 min 17.2 min 22.4 min
Departure Window 06:30 AM – 06:59 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 14.5% 11.8% 15.0%
Walked 2.6% 2.3% 2.4%
Public Transit < 0.1% 0.4% 3.2%

The average commute time in Sherman County is 10.1 minutes, shorter than the 17.2 minutes in Kansas.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.4% in Kansas. 2.6% commute by walking, higher than the 2.3% in Kansas.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Sherman County, KS Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Sherman County, KS is the 2nd largest of the 6 counties compared here, 5,858 residents against a local median of 2,628. The measure that sets Sherman County, KS apart most is work from home: 14.5%, 44% above the local median of 10.1%.

One-way commute tells the same story from another angle: 10.1 min against a local median of 8.4 min, 19% above it. The one measure here that carries a verdict is one-way commute, and at 19% above the local median it puts Sherman County, KS at the weaker end of the local range. The counties themselves spread 10.1% on work from home, so Sherman County, KS sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Sherman County, KS has the 2nd highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.

Area Population One-way commute Work from home Typical departure
Sherman County, KS 5,858 10.1 min #4/6 14.5% #2/6 7:23 AM #2/6
Cheyenne County, KS 2,628 7.3 min 18.5% 7:46 AM
Wallace County, KS 1,417 11.1 min 8.4% 7:16 AM
Thomas County, KS 7,885 8.3 min 9.6% 7:45 AM
Logan County, KS 2,707 10.9 min 10.1% 7:39 AM
Rawlins County, KS 2,516 8.4 min 13.4% 7:48 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Sherman County, Kansas.

How much does the average commute cost workers in Sherman County, Kansas?

Commuters here spend an estimated 84 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $2,597 at a typical national wage. That's 42% less than the typical Kansas commuter spends.

When is rush hour worst in Sherman County, Kansas?

Traffic peaks between 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM in Sherman 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 common is public transit use in Sherman County, Kansas?

Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.0% of commuters use it versus 0.4% in Kansas, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.

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).