How long is the commute in Kansas City?

Average travel time to work in Kansas City, MO, how people get to work — driving, transit, walking or from home — and how that compares nationally.

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

This story was assembled using AI and public data sources.

How Kansas City gets to work.

Average commute, one way: 18.7 min — U.S. average: 23.0 min

How workers get to work

• Drove alone: 72.7
• Carpooled: 7.4
• Transit: 1.9
• Walked: 1.5
• From home: 14.8

Average commute (minutes)

• Kansas City: 18.7
• Jackson County: 20.1
• MO: 20.9
• U.S.: 23

Work from home: 14.8% — U.S.: 13.5%

What it means

The typical one-way commute here runs about 4.3 minutes shorter than the national average.

Working from home went from 4.4% of workers in 2015 to 14.8% in the latest estimates.