| Rank | Mean Travel Time to Work ▼ | School District / Population |
| 1. | 38.3minutes | Marais des Cygnes Valley Unified School District 456 / 1,680 |
| 2. | 36.6minutes | Prairie View Unified School District 362 / 6,143 |
| 3. | 35.4minutes | Pleasanton Unified School District 344 / 2,063 |
| 4. | 32.5minutes | Central Unified School District 462 / 1,861 |
| 5. | 32.3minutes | Lyndon Unified School District 421 / 2,834 |
| 6. | 31.4minutes | Central Heights Unified School District 288 / 2,507 |
| 7. | 31.0minutes | Douglass Public Schools Unified School District 396 / 3,855 |
| 8. | 30.9minutes | Valley Falls Unified School District 338 / 2,354 |
| 9. | 30.5minutes | McLouth Unified School District 342 / 3,376 |
| 10. | 30.5minutes | Burlingame Public School Unified School District 454 / 1,534 |
| 11. | 30.1minutes | Jayhawk Unified School District 346 / 3,082 |
| 12. | 30.1minutes | Jefferson County North Unified School District 339 / 2,479 |
| 13. | 29.6minutes | Kingman-Norwich Unified School District 331 / 6,544 |
| 14. | 29.5minutes | Wabaunsee East Unified School District 330 / 3,061 |
| 15. | 29.4minutes | Paola Unified School District 368 / 11,614 |
| 16. | 29.3minutes | Peabody-Burns Unified School District 398 / 2,601 |
| 17. | 29.1minutes | West Franklin Unified School District 287 / 5,126 |
| 18. | 28.9minutes | Blue Valley Unified School District 384 / 1,776 |
| 19. | 28.7minutes | Elk Valley Unified School District 283 / 858 |
| 20. | 28.2minutes | Tonganoxie Unified School District 464 / 9,457 |
| 21. | 28.2minutes | Eureka Unified School District 389 / 4,293 |
| 22. | 28.2minutes | Jefferson West Unified School District 340 / 5,156 |
| 23. | 28.1minutes | Osawatomie Unified School District 367 / 6,656 |
| 24. | 28.1minutes | Basehor-Linwood Unified School District 458 / 11,473 |
| 25. | 27.8minutes | Flinthills Unified School District 492 / 1,322 |
| 26. | 27.8minutes | Oskaloosa Public Schools Unified School District 341 / 3,681 |
| 27. | 27.8minutes | Udall Unified School District 463 / 2,366 |
| 28. | 27.7minutes | Wellsville Unified School District 289 / 4,597 |
| 29. | 27.7minutes | Louisburg Unified School District 416 / 8,569 |
| 30. | 27.3minutes | Bluestem Unified School District 205 / 3,954 |
| 31. | 27.0minutes | Crest Unified School District 479 / 1,224 |
| 32. | 27.0minutes | Cedar Vale Unified School District 285 / 858 |
| 33. | 26.8minutes | Conway Springs Unified School District 356 / 3,010 |
| 34. | 26.7minutes | Onaga-Havensville-Wheaton Unified School District 322 / 2,180 |
| 35. | 26.7minutes | Spring Hill Unified School District 230 / 10,366 |
| 36. | 26.6minutes | Belle Plaine Unified School District 357 / 3,318 |
| 37. | 26.3minutes | Hamilton Unified School District 390 / 720 |
| 38. | 26.2minutes | Garnett Unified School District 365 / 7,018 |
| 39. | 26.1minutes | Cheney Unified School District 268 / 3,376 |
| 40. | 26.1minutes | Easton Unified School District 449 / 3,643 |
| 41. | 26.1minutes | Baldwin City Unified School District 348 / 7,969 |
| 42. | 26.0minutes | Madison-Virgil Unified School District 386 / 1,533 |
| 43. | 26.0minutes | Dexter Unified School District 471 / 635 |
| 44. | 26.0minutes | Santa Fe Trail Unified School District 434 / 5,877 |
| 45. | 25.9minutes | North Lyon County Unified School District 251 / 3,601 |
| 46. | 25.8minutes | Fairfield Unified School District 310 / 2,227 |
| 47. | 25.7minutes | Rural Vista Unified School District 481 / 2,655 |
| 48. | 25.7minutes | North Jackson Unified School District 335 / 2,040 |
| 49. | 25.5minutes | Atchison County Community Schools Unified School District 377 / 4,462 |
| 50. | 25.5minutes | Mill Creek Valley Unified School District 329 / 3,680 |
| 51. | 25.4minutes | Uniontown Unified School District 235 / 2,824 |
| 52. | 25.2minutes | Royal Valley Unified School District 337 / 4,816 |
| 53. | 25.0minutes | West Elk Unified School District 282 / 2,499 |
| 54. | 24.9minutes | Perry Public Schools Unified School District 343 / 5,910 |
| 55. | 24.9minutes | Halstead Unified School District 440 / 4,407 |
| 56. | 24.8minutes | Twin Valley Unified School District 240 / 2,658 |
| 57. | 24.7minutes | Lebo-Waverly Unified School District 243 / 2,866 |
| 58. | 24.7minutes | South Haven Unified School District 509 / 694 |
| 59. | 24.5minutes | Woodson Unified School District 366 / 2,719 |
| 60. | 24.4minutes | Pretty Prairie Unified School District 311 / 1,850 |
| 61. | 24.3minutes | Marmaton Valley Unified School District 256 / 1,638 |
| 62. | 24.1minutes | Rock Creek Unified School District 323 / 4,539 |
| 63. | 23.9minutes | Sedgwick Public Schools Unified School District 439 / 1,978 |
| 64. | 23.7minutes | Mulvane Unified School District 263 / 9,766 |
| 65. | 23.5minutes | Gardner Edgerton Unified School District 231 / 22,871 |
| 66. | 23.5minutes | Argonia Public Schools Unified School District 359 / 999 |
| 67. | 23.4minutes | Remington-Whitewater Unified School District 206 / 3,848 |
| 68. | 23.4minutes | Little River Unified School District 444 / 1,466 |
| 69. | 23.3minutes | Rose Hill Public Schools Unified School District 394 / 8,118 |
| 70. | 23.3minutes | Kaw Valley Unified School District 321 / 7,277 |
| 71. | 23.2minutes | Chapman Unified School District 473 / 6,058 |
| 72. | 23.1minutes | Oxford Unified School District 358 / 1,814 |
| 73. | 23.0minutes | Eudora Unified School District 491 / 7,090 |
| 74. | 23.0minutes | Chautauqua County Community Unified School District 286 / 2,677 |
| 75. | 23.0minutes | Cherokee Unified School District 247 / 4,453 |
| 76. | 22.9minutes | Mullinville Unified School District 424 / 394 |
| 77. | 22.6minutes | Renwick Unified School District 267 / 8,369 |
| 78. | 22.6minutes | Lansing Unified School District 469 / 14,119 |
| 79. | 22.4minutes | Riley County Unified School District 378 / 4,214 |
| 80. | 22.3minutes | Unified School District 111 / 2,683 |
| 81. | 22.3minutes | Burrton Unified School District 369 / 1,524 |
| 82. | 22.3minutes | De Soto Unified School District 232 / 28,983 |
| 83. | 22.2minutes | Girard Unified School District 248 / 5,690 |
| 84. | 22.2minutes | Goessel Unified School District 411 / 1,525 |
| 85. | 22.1minutes | Morris County Unified School District 417 / 5,086 |
| 86. | 22.0minutes | Circle Unified School District 375 / 9,658 |
| 87. | 21.9minutes | Clearwater Unified School District 264 / 5,935 |
| 88. | 21.8minutes | Otis-Bison Unified School District 403 / 1,309 |
| 89. | 21.7minutes | Piper Unified School District 203 / 10,054 |
| 90. | 21.7minutes | Osage City Unified School District 420 / 3,619 |
| 91. | 21.7minutes | Augusta Unified School District 402 / 12,193 |
| 92. | 21.3minutes | Holton Unified School District 336 / 5,540 |
| 93. | 21.3minutes | Troy Public Schools Unified School District 429 / 1,912 |
| 94. | 21.2minutes | Chetopa-St. Paul Unified School District 505 / 3,229 |
| 95. | 21.2minutes | Haven Public Schools Unified School District 312 / 5,736 |
| 96. | 21.2minutes | Lorraine Unified School District 328 / 2,493 |
| 97. | 21.0minutes | Paradise Unified School District 399 / 768 |
| 98. | 20.9minutes | Kansas City Unified School District 500 / 113,905 |
| 99. | 20.7minutes | Columbus Unified School District 493 / 7,720 |
| 100. | 20.7minutes | Lewis Unified School District 502 / 766 |
| 101. | 20.7minutes | Bonner Springs Unified School District 204 / 12,914 |
| 102. | 20.4minutes | Cunningham Unified School District 332 / 1,331 |
| 103. | 20.4minutes | Skyline Schools Unified School District 438 / 1,377 |
| 104. | 20.3minutes | Maize Unified School District 266 / 33,363 |
| 105. | 20.3minutes | Altoona-Midway Unified School District 387 / 1,989 |
| 106. | 20.3minutes | Blue Valley Unified School District 229 / 110,519 |
| 107. | 20.3minutes | Labette County Unified School District 506 / 6,981 |
| 108. | 20.2minutes | West Solomon Valley Schools Unified School District 213 / 519 |
| 109. | 20.1minutes | Caldwell Unified School District 360 / 1,657 |
| 110. | 20.1minutes | Clifton-Clyde Unified School District 224 / 2,002 |
| 111. | 20.1minutes | Southern Lyon County Unified School District 252 / 2,816 |
| 112. | 20.0minutes | South Brown County Unified School District 430 / 3,805 |
| 113. | 19.9minutes | Clay Center Unified School District 379 / 8,281 |
| 114. | 19.9minutes | Olathe Unified School District 233 / 142,010 |
| 115. | 19.9minutes | Shawnee Heights Unified School District 450 / 19,992 |
| 116. | 19.9minutes | Rolla Unified School District 217 / 724 |
| 117. | 19.9minutes | Claflin Unified School District 354 / 1,293 |
| 118. | 19.9minutes | Ottawa Unified School District 290 / 14,753 |
| 119. | 19.8minutes | Wamego Unified School District 320 / 7,091 |
| 120. | 19.8minutes | Silver Lake Unified School District 372 / 3,595 |
| 121. | 19.8minutes | Vermillion Unified School District 380 / 2,811 |
| 122. | 19.6minutes | Riverton Unified School District 404 / 4,019 |
| 123. | 19.6minutes | Lincoln Unified School District 298 / 2,450 |
| 124. | 19.6minutes | Herington Unified School District 487 / 2,908 |
| 125. | 19.5minutes | Northeast Unified School District 246 / 4,155 |
| 126. | 19.4minutes | Macksville Unified School District 351 / 1,184 |
| 127. | 19.4minutes | Triplains Unified School District 275 / 722 |
| 128. | 19.4minutes | Fowler Unified School District 225 / 903 |
| 129. | 19.4minutes | Palco Unified School District 269 / 997 |
| 130. | 19.4minutes | Centre Unified School District 397 / 1,477 |
| 131. | 19.3minutes | Valley Center Public Schools Unified School District 262 / 12,808 |
| 132. | 19.3minutes | Ingalls Unified School District 477 / 917 |
| 133. | 19.2minutes | Goddard Unified School District 265 / 25,118 |
| 134. | 19.2minutes | Sterling Unified School District 376 / 2,954 |
| 135. | 19.1minutes | Hanston Unified School District 228 / 506 |
| 136. | 19.1minutes | Leroy-Gridley Unified School District 245 / 1,793 |
| 137. | 19.0minutes | St. John-Hudson Unified School District 350 / 1,962 |
| 138. | 19.0minutes | Turner Unified School District 202 / 18,714 |
| 139. | 18.9minutes | Ell-Saline Unified School District 307 / 1,705 |
| 140. | 18.7minutes | Nickerson Unified School District 309 / 7,399 |
| 141. | 18.6minutes | Wathena Unified School District 406 / 2,193 |
| 142. | 18.6minutes | North Ottawa County Unified School District 239 / 3,380 |
| 143. | 18.6minutes | Solomon Unified School District 393 / 2,345 |
| 144. | 18.6minutes | Shawnee Mission Public Schools Unified School District / 219,934 |
| 145. | 18.6minutes | Seaman Unified School District 345 / 20,218 |
| 146. | 18.5minutes | Derby Unified School District 260 / 32,757 |
| 147. | 18.5minutes | Valley Heights Unified School District 498 / 2,214 |
| 148. | 18.5minutes | Lawrence Unified School District 497 / 90,424 |
| 149. | 18.5minutes | Fredonia Unified School District 484 / 4,766 |
| 150. | 18.4minutes | Auburn-Washburn Unified School District 437 / 33,587 |
| 151. | 18.4minutes | Cherryvale Unified School District 447 / 4,369 |
| 152. | 18.4minutes | Southern Cloud Unified School District 334 / 1,401 |
| 153. | 18.3minutes | Kinsley-Offerle Unified School District 347 / 2,201 |
| 154. | 18.2minutes | Barnes Unified School District 223 / 2,762 |
| 155. | 18.1minutes | Pawnee Heights Unified School District 496 / 368 |
| 156. | 18.1minutes | Chase County Unified School District 284 / 2,844 |
| 157. | 18.1minutes | Leavenworth Unified School District 453 / 27,428 |
| 158. | 18.1minutes | Marion-Florence Unified School District 408 / 3,378 |
| 159. | 18.1minutes | Andover Unified School District 385 / 21,627 |
| 160. | 18.0minutes | Chase-Raymond Unified School District 401 / 1,008 |
| 161. | 18.0minutes | Caney Valley Unified School District 436 / 3,886 |
| 162. | 17.9minutes | Erie Unified School District 101 / 3,407 |
| 163. | 17.8minutes | Wellington Unified School District 353 / 9,336 |
| 164. | 17.7minutes | Galena Unified School District 499 / 3,681 |
| 165. | 17.7minutes | Victoria Unified School District 432 / 2,057 |
| 166. | 17.7minutes | Spearville Unified School District 381 / 1,137 |
| 167. | 17.6minutes | Inman Unified School District 448 / 2,804 |
| 168. | 17.6minutes | Haysville Unified School District 261 / 22,712 |
| 169. | 17.5minutes | Southeast of Saline Unified School District 306 / 3,234 |
| 170. | 17.5minutes | Burlington Unified School District 244 / 3,965 |
| 171. | 17.5minutes | Minneola Unified School District 219 / 747 |
| 172. | 17.5minutes | Brewster Unified School District 314 / 655 |
| 173. | 17.5minutes | Frontenac Public Schools Unified School District 249 / 3,611 |
| 174. | 17.5minutes | Buhler Unified School District 313 / 13,233 |
| 175. | 17.5minutes | Humboldt Unified School District 258 / 3,054 |
| 176. | 17.4minutes | Sylvan Grove Unified School District 299 / 908 |
| 177. | 17.4minutes | Grinnell Public Schools Unified School District 291 / 644 |
| 178. | 17.4minutes | Arkansas City Unified School District 470 / 16,358 |
| 179. | 17.2minutes | Jetmore Unified School District 227 / 1,403 |
| 180. | 17.2minutes | Lyons Unified School District 405 / 4,111 |
| 181. | 17.1minutes | Golden Plains Unified School District 316 / 857 |
| 182. | 17.1minutes | Axtell Unified School District 488 / 1,633 |
| 183. | 17.0minutes | Baxter Springs Unified School District 508 / 4,796 |
| 184. | 16.9minutes | Elwood Unified School District 486 / 1,179 |
| 185. | 16.8minutes | Smoky Valley Unified School District 400 / 5,949 |
| 186. | 16.6minutes | Canton-Galva Unified School District 419 / 3,021 |
| 187. | 16.6minutes | Winfield Unified School District 465 / 15,320 |
| 188. | 16.6minutes | Wichita Unified School District 259 / 320,519 |
| 189. | 16.6minutes | Topeka Public Schools Unified School District 501 / 95,887 |
| 190. | 16.5minutes | Ellinwood Public Schools Unified School District 355 / 2,470 |
| 191. | 16.3minutes | Atchison Public Schools Unified School District 409 / 12,409 |
| 192. | 16.2minutes | Bucklin Unified School District 459 / 1,865 |
| 193. | 16.2minutes | Newton Unified School District 373 / 22,159 |
| 194. | 16.2minutes | Hugoton Public Schools Unified School District 210 / 4,746 |
| 195. | 16.1minutes | Abilene Unified School District 435 / 8,505 |
| 196. | 16.0minutes | Scott County Unified School District 466 / 4,836 |
| 197. | 15.9minutes | Logan Unified School District 326 / 1,039 |
| 198. | 15.9minutes | El Dorado Unified School District 490 / 13,603 |
| 199. | 15.8minutes | Oswego Unified School District 504 / 2,557 |
| 200. | 15.8minutes | Meade Unified School District 226 / 2,354 |
| 201. | 15.7minutes | Rock Hills Unified School District 107 / 2,874 |
| 202. | 15.7minutes | Independence Unified School District 446 / 14,141 |
| 203. | 15.6minutes | Kismet-Plains Unified School District 483 / 2,702 |
| 204. | 15.5minutes | Ellis Unified School District 388 / 2,590 |
| 205. | 15.5minutes | Cimarron-Ensign Unified School District 102 / 3,328 |
| 206. | 15.5minutes | Manhattan Unified School District 383 / 58,589 |
| 207. | 15.5minutes | Attica Unified School District 511 / 872 |
| 208. | 15.3minutes | Anthony-Harper Unified School District 361 / 4,980 |
| 209. | 15.3minutes | Geary County Schools Unified School District 475 / 37,471 |
| 210. | 15.3minutes | Satanta Unified School District 507 / 1,735 |
| 211. | 15.1minutes | Unified School District 110 / 1,752 |
| 212. | 15.1minutes | Fort Scott Unified School District 234 / 12,054 |
| 213. | 15.0minutes | Hiawatha Unified School District 415 / 5,706 |
| 214. | 15.0minutes | Pike Valley Unified School District 426 / 1,258 |
| 215. | 14.9minutes | North Central - Washington Schools Unified School District 108 / 2,583 |
| 216. | 14.9minutes | Durham-Hillsboro-Lehigh Unified School District 410 / 4,478 |
| 217. | 14.8minutes | Sabetha Unified School District 441 / 4,842 |
| 218. | 14.7minutes | Hill City Unified School District 281 / 2,486 |
| 219. | 14.6minutes | St. Francis Community Schools Unified School District 297 / 2,114 |
| 220. | 14.5minutes | Waconda Unified School District 272 / 2,850 |
| 221. | 14.5minutes | Moscow Public Schools Unified School District 209 / 810 |
| 222. | 14.5minutes | Ellsworth Unified School District 327 / 4,883 |
| 223. | 14.3minutes | LaCrosse Unified School District 395 / 2,337 |
| 224. | 14.3minutes | Russell County Unified School District 407 / 6,636 |
| 225. | 14.1minutes | Moundridge Unified School District 423 / 3,194 |
| 226. | 14.0minutes | Pittsburg Unified School District 250 / 22,677 |
| 227. | 14.0minutes | Hoisington Unified School District 431 / 3,707 |
| 228. | 13.9minutes | Emporia Unified School District 253 / 28,465 |
| 229. | 13.9minutes | Hutchinson Public Schools Unified School District 308 / 34,165 |
| 230. | 13.8minutes | Stafford Unified School District 349 / 1,439 |
| 231. | 13.8minutes | Oberlin Unified School District 294 / 2,810 |
| 232. | 13.7minutes | Fort Larned Unified School District 495 / 7,058 |
| 233. | 13.7minutes | Republic County - Hillcrest Rural Schools Unified School District 109 / 3,776 |
| 234. | 13.6minutes | Neodesha Unified School District 461 / 3,493 |
| 235. | 13.6minutes | Garden City Unified School District 457 / 33,341 |
| 236. | 13.6minutes | Iola Unified School District 257 / 8,694 |
| 237. | 13.6minutes | Marysville Unified School District 364 / 5,448 |
| 238. | 13.6minutes | Holcomb Unified School District 363 / 2,549 |
| 239. | 13.5minutes | Great Bend Unified School District 428 / 19,174 |
| 240. | 13.5minutes | Rawlins County Unified School District 105 / 2,165 |
| 241. | 13.5minutes | Copeland Unified School District 476 / 825 |
| 242. | 13.4minutes | Wheatland Unified School District 292 / 937 |
| 243. | 13.4minutes | Barber County North Unified School District 254 / 3,153 |
| 244. | 13.4minutes | Liberal Unified School District 480 / 21,020 |
| 245. | 13.4minutes | Northern Valley Unified School District 212 / 978 |
| 246. | 13.3minutes | Salina Unified School District 305 / 48,802 |
| 247. | 13.3minutes | Plainville Unified School District 270 / 2,304 |
| 248. | 13.2minutes | Coffeyville Unified School District 445 / 13,675 |
| 249. | 13.1minutes | Hesston Unified School District 460 / 4,577 |
| 250. | 13.0minutes | Lakin Unified School District 215 / 3,070 |
| 251. | 13.0minutes | Deerfield Unified School District 216 / 896 |
| 252. | 12.9minutes | Stockton Unified School District 271 / 2,060 |
| 253. | 12.8minutes | Leoti Unified School District 467 / 2,270 |
| 254. | 12.8minutes | Western Plains Unified School District 106 / 1,398 |
| 255. | 12.8minutes | Cheylin Unified School District 103 / 1,072 |
| 256. | 12.7minutes | Pratt Unified School District 382 / 8,361 |
| 257. | 12.6minutes | Dodge City Unified School District 443 / 29,450 |
| 258. | 12.4minutes | Montezuma Unified School District 371 / 1,501 |
| 259. | 12.2minutes | Wallace County Schools Unified School District 241 / 1,021 |
| 260. | 12.1minutes | Osborne County Unified School District 392 / 2,120 |
| 261. | 12.1minutes | Dighton Unified School District 482 / 1,385 |
| 262. | 12.0minutes | South Barber Unified School District 255 / 1,714 |
| 263. | 12.0minutes | Elkhart Unified School District 218 / 2,520 |
| 264. | 11.9minutes | Sublette Unified School District 374 / 2,253 |
| 265. | 11.9minutes | WaKeeney Unified School District 208 / 2,793 |
| 266. | 11.8minutes | Stanton County Unified School District 452 / 2,197 |
| 267. | 11.8minutes | Ashland Unified School District 220 / 1,516 |
| 268. | 11.8minutes | Hays Unified School District 489 / 23,447 |
| 269. | 11.8minutes | Concordia Unified School District 333 / 6,917 |
| 270. | 11.6minutes | Smith Center Unified School District 237 / 2,888 |
| 271. | 11.3minutes | Chanute Public Schools Unified School District 413 / 10,858 |
| 272. | 11.3minutes | Quinter Public Schools Unified School District 293 / 1,497 |
| 273. | 11.2minutes | Oakley Unified School District 274 / 2,356 |
| 274. | 11.1minutes | Ulysses Unified School District 214 / 7,730 |
| 275. | 10.9minutes | Greensburg Unified School District 422 / 1,358 |
| 276. | 10.9minutes | McPherson Unified School District 418 / 14,924 |
| 277. | 10.8minutes | Parsons Unified School District 503 / 10,474 |
| 278. | 10.6minutes | Nemaha Valley Schools Unified School District 442 / 2,914 |
| 279. | 10.6minutes | Colby Public Schools Unified School District 315 / 6,420 |
| 280. | 10.4minutes | Fort Leavenworth Unified School District 207 / 7,324 |
| 281. | 10.1minutes | Healy Public Schools Unified School District 468 / 345 |
| 282. | 10.1minutes | Comanche County Unified School District 300 / 1,917 |
| 283. | 10.0minutes | B and B Unified School District 451 / 1,045 |
| 284. | 9.7minutes | Weskan Unified School District 242 / 338 |
| 285. | 9.5minutes | Phillipsburg Unified School District 325 / 3,514 |
| 286. | 9.4minutes | Ness City Unified School District 303 / 1,756 |
| 287. | 9.3minutes | Goodland Unified School District 352 / 5,947 |
| 288. | 9.2minutes | Hoxie Community Schools Unified School District 412 / 2,080 |
| 289. | 9.1minutes | Syracuse Unified School District 494 / 2,643 |
| 290. | 9.1minutes | Beloit Unified School District 273 / 4,929 |
| 291. | 8.1minutes | Greeley County Schools Unified School District 200 / 1,294 |
| 292. | 7.4minutes | Haviland Unified School District 474 / 901 |
| 293. | 7.1minutes | Norton Community Schools Unified School District 211 / 4,531 |
Please note that we only rank locations with 'Mean Travel Time to Work' data. The rank above might not be a complete list. Locations without 'Mean Travel Time to Work' data are not listed.
*ACS stands for U.S. Census American Community Survey. According to the U.S. Census, if the date is a range, you can interpret the data as an average of the period of time.
