Commuting in Wyandotte 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 Wyandotte County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Wyandotte County spend about 42 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 176 hours, about 7.3 full days, spent commuting. That is 23% more time on the road than the Kansas average of 17.2 minutes each way, a difference of 3.9 minutes.
Wyandotte County holds about 5.7% of Kansas's population but accounts for roughly 7.0% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Wyandotte County would save about 71 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,186 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)
Wyandotte County
21.2 min
42.3 min
176 hrs/yr
$5,465
1,841
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
21.2
minutes to get to work in
Wyandotte County.
That's 6% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Slower than 90% 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 working from home. About 9.4% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Wyandotte County
Car:
86.5%
Worked at Home:
9.4%
Walked:
1.4%
Public Transportation:
1.1%
Other:
0.6%
Taxi:
0.6%unusually high
Bicycle:
0.3%
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%
Taking a taxi is unusually common in Wyandotte County: 3.8 times more than the Kansas average (0.6% vs 0.2%).
Commute Mode Trends in Wyandotte County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Wyandotte 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
Public Transportation
Taxi
Other
Bicycle
Motorcycle
2009
90.7%
1.9%
1.9%
1.8%
0.0%
3.2%
0.1%
0.3%
2010
91.9%
1.6%
1.8%
1.4%
0.0%
2.9%
0.1%
0.3%
2011
92.3%
1.9%
1.7%
1.3%
0.0%
2.4%
0.1%
0.3%
2012
92.8%
1.8%
1.6%
1.3%
0.0%
2.1%
0.1%
0.3%
2013
93.3%
2.0%
1.6%
1.3%
0.0%
1.6%
0.1%
0.1%
2014
94.4%
1.9%
1.6%
1.2%
0.0%
0.6%
0.2%
0.1%
2015
94.0%
2.2%
1.6%
1.4%
0.0%
0.5%
0.2%
0.1%
2016
94.3%
2.4%
1.3%
1.3%
0.0%
0.4%
0.1%
0.1%
2017
94.1%
2.6%
1.4%
1.0%
0.0%
0.4%
0.2%
0.1%
2018
94.3%
2.6%
1.3%
1.0%
0.0%
0.5%
0.2%
0.1%
2019
94.7%
2.5%
1.2%
1.0%
0.0%
0.4%
0.2%
0.1%
2020
93.2%
3.8%
1.2%
0.9%
0.1%
0.5%
0.2%
0.1%
2021
90.5%
6.3%
1.2%
0.9%
0.3%
0.6%
0.2%
0.1%
2022
89.3%
7.4%
1.1%
0.9%
0.3%
0.7%
0.2%
0.1%
2023
88.0%
8.6%
1.3%
1.0%
0.3%
0.5%
0.2%
0.1%
2024
86.5%
9.4%
1.4%
1.1%
0.6%
0.6%
0.3%
0.1%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2019 at 94.7%. Overall it fell from 90.7% in 2009 to 86.5% in 2024, down 4.2 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 5 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Wyandotte County: its share of workers rose from 1.9% in 2009 to 9.4% in 2024, up 7.5 percentage points. Most of that increase, 6.9 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 1.8% to 1.1% of workers (down 0.7 percentage points).
Taking a taxi overtook riding a motorcycle to become the 5th most common choice in the 2021 release and has stayed ahead since.
Commute Start Times in Wyandotte County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Wyandotte County?
The bars show when commuters in Wyandotte 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 AMWyandotte County5.5%Kansas4.7%
5.5%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMWyandotte County4.0%Kansas3.5%
4.0%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMWyandotte County5.0%Kansas5.2%
5.0%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMWyandotte County9.9%Kansas7.6%
9.9%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMWyandotte County10.6%Kansas10.3%
10.6%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMWyandotte County12.2%Kansas14.9%
12.2%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMWyandotte County10.4%Kansas16.8%
10.4%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMWyandotte County10.5%Kansas10.4%
10.5%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMWyandotte County4.0%Kansas4.5%
4.0%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMWyandotte County4.2%Kansas5.0%
4.2%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMWyandotte County2.7%Kansas2.5%
2.7%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMWyandotte County1.0%Kansas1.1%
1.0%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMWyandotte County9.5%Kansas7.0%
9.5%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMWyandotte County10.3%Kansas6.6%
10.3%
Wyandotte CountyKansasSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Wyandotte County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 12.2% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.9% 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 is more spread out than in Kansas: 43.8% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 52.3% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (27.7%) 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 Wyandotte 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 Wyandotte 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 Wyandotte 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
Wyandotte County
Kansas
United States
2009
7:32 AM
7:39 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:31 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:33 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:30 AM
7:38 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:31 AM
7:38 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:33 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:30 AM
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:30 AM
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:29 AM
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:29 AM
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:31 AM
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:34 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:38 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Wyandotte County were on the road by 7:38 AM, 6 minutes later than in 2009 (7:32 AM). That goes against the trend across Kansas, where the typical commuter now leaves 2 minutes earlier than in 2009. Commuters in Wyandotte 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 Wyandotte County has moved 8 minutes later. The 2024 release is the latest typical start for Wyandotte County in the whole series.
How does Wyandotte County's commute time compare?
Metric
Wyandotte County
Kansas
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
21.2 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
9.4%
11.8%
15.0%
Walked
1.4%
2.3%
2.4%
Public Transit
1.1%
0.4%
3.2%
The average commute time in Wyandotte County is 21.2 minutes, longer than the 17.2 minutes in Kansas.
1.1% commute by public transit, higher than the 0.4% in Kansas. 1.4% commute by walking, lower than the 2.3% in Kansas.
Wyandotte County, KS Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Wyandotte County, KS is the 4th largest of the 6 counties compared here, 167,620 residents against a local median of 258,122. Where Wyandotte County, KS breaks from the counties next to it is work from home, sitting 41% below the local median of 15.9% at 9.4%.
The counties themselves spread 12.0% on work from home, so Wyandotte County, KS sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Wyandotte County, KS has the 6th highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Wyandotte County, Kansas.
What is the financial impact of commuting in Wyandotte County, Kansas?
Commuters here spend an estimated 176 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,465 at a typical national wage. That's 23% more than the typical Kansas commuter spends.
What are the busiest morning travel hours in Wyandotte County, Kansas?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Wyandotte County, Kansas. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 06:30 AM – 06:59 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).