Stanton County Commute Time Map & Patterns

Commute Time Burden in Stanton County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Stanton 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 65 hours, about 2.7 full days, spent commuting. That is 55% less time on the road than the Kansas average of 17.2 minutes each way, a difference of 9.4 minutes.

Stanton 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 Stanton County would save about 26 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $804 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)
Stanton County	7.8 min	15.6 min	65 hrs/yr	$2,009	266
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

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On average, it takes 7.8 minutes to get to work in Stanton County. That's 65% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Faster than 94% of counties in Kansas

The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by other means. About 3.3% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Stanton County

• Car: 87.2%
• Other: 6.9%
• Worked at Home: 3.3% unusually low
• Walked: 2.6%
• Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
• Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low
• Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low
• Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low

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

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

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

Working from home is unusually rare in Stanton County: 3.5 times less than the Kansas average (3.3% vs 11.8%).

Biking is essentially absent in Stanton County, versus 0.3% in Kansas.

Commute Mode Trends in Stanton County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Stanton 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.

• Car
• Other
• Worked at Home
• Walked
• Public Transportation
• Taxi
• Motorcycle
• Bicycle

Show commute mode data by year

Year	Car	Other	Worked at Home	Walked	Public Transportation	Taxi	Motorcycle	Bicycle
2009	85.8%	0.2%	7.3%	6.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2010	88.0%	0.0%	4.8%	7.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2011	85.0%	0.0%	5.4%	9.5%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2012	82.8%	0.0%	9.0%	8.1%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2013	81.5%	0.9%	9.0%	8.4%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2014	82.9%	2.5%	6.8%	6.3%	1.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2015	87.6%	1.6%	6.0%	3.2%	1.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2016	88.6%	1.8%	4.9%	3.5%	1.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2017	87.6%	2.3%	5.8%	3.2%	1.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2018	84.1%	1.8%	11.0%	2.2%	0.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2019	84.5%	1.3%	11.7%	2.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2020	82.6%	1.1%	13.2%	3.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2021	85.4%	1.4%	10.5%	2.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2022	88.0%	1.6%	7.7%	2.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	89.4%	4.1%	4.9%	1.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	87.2%	6.9%	3.3%	2.6%	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 was highest in 2023 at 89.4% and lowest in 2013 at 81.5%. Overall it rose from 85.8% in 2009 to 87.2% in 2024, up 1.4 percentage points. It has fallen in the latest release.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 6.7% to 2.6% of workers (down 4.1 percentage points).

Working from home peaked at 13.2% in 2020 and has since fallen back to 3.3%.

Commute Start Times in Stanton County

• ⏰ Earlier AlarmsThe biggest shift to earlier mornings among Kansas's 105 counties: the typical start is 28 minutes earlier than in 2009.

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Stanton County?

The bars show when commuters in Stanton 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 Stanton County1.3% Kansas4.7%	1.3%
5:00-5:29 AM	5:00-5:29 AM Stanton County10.1% Kansas3.5%	10.1%
5:30-5:59 AM	5:30-5:59 AM Stanton County2.3% Kansas5.2%	2.3%
6:00-6:29 AM	6:00-6:29 AM Stanton County7.3% Kansas7.6%	7.3%
6:30-6:59 AM	6:30-6:59 AM Stanton County20.2% Kansas10.3%	20.2%
7:00-7:29 AM	7:00-7:29 AM Stanton County25.5% Kansas14.9%	25.5%
7:30-7:59 AM	7:30-7:59 AM Stanton County15.3% Kansas16.8%	15.3%
8:00-8:29 AM	8:00-8:29 AM Stanton County10.5% Kansas10.4%	10.5%
8:30-8:59 AM	8:30-8:59 AM Stanton County0.2% Kansas4.5%	0.2%
9:00-9:59 AM	9:00-9:59 AM Stanton County3.1% Kansas5.0%	3.1%
10:00-10:59 AM	10:00-10:59 AM Stanton County0.0% Kansas2.5%	0.0%
11:00-11:59 AM	11:00-11:59 AM Stanton County0.0% Kansas1.1%	0.0%
12:00-3:59 PM	12:00-3:59 PM Stanton County0.2% Kansas7.0%	0.2%
4:00-11:59 PM	4:00-11:59 PM Stanton County3.9% Kansas6.6%	3.9%

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

The busiest time to head out in Stanton County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 25.5% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.9% across Kansas. Early starts are about as common as in Kansas: 13.7% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 13.5% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Kansas: 71.6% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 52.3% there. About 1 in 14 commuters (7.2%) 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 Stanton 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 Stanton 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 Stanton 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.

• Stanton County
• Kansas
• United States

Show typical departure times by year

Year	Stanton County	Kansas	United States
2009	7:38 AM	7:39 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:38 AM	7:38 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:39 AM	7:38 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:39 AM	7:38 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:37 AM	7:38 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:37 AM	7:38 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:32 AM	7:38 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:33 AM	7:38 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:28 AM	7:38 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:23 AM	7:37 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:29 AM	7:37 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:27 AM	7:37 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:36 AM	7:37 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:31 AM	7:37 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:23 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:10 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Stanton County were on the road by 7:10 AM, 28 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:38 AM). The shift is sharper than across Kansas, where the typical start moved 2 minutes earlier. Commuters in Stanton County now leave 28 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 Stanton County has moved 19 minutes earlier. The 2024 release is the earliest typical start for Stanton County in the whole series.

How does Stanton County's commute time compare?

Metric	Stanton County	Kansas	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	7.8 min	17.2 min	22.4 min
Departure Window	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window	06:30 AM – 06:59 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	3.3%	11.8%	15.0%
Walked	2.6%	2.3%	2.4%
Public Transit	< 0.1%	0.4%	3.2%

The average commute time in Stanton County is 7.8 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