Adair County Commute Time Map & Patterns
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Commute Time Burden in Adair County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Adair County spend about 37 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 155 hours, about 6.5 full days, spent commuting. That is 2% less time on the road than the Oklahoma average of 19.0 minutes each way, a difference of 0.3 minutes.
Adair County holds about 0.5% of Oklahoma's population and accounts for roughly 0.5% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Adair County would save about 62 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,926 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adair County | 18.6 min | 37.3 min | 155 hrs/yr | $4,815 | 674 |
| Oklahoma | 19.0 min | 37.9 min | 158 hrs/yr | $4,901 | 941 |
| 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: Oklahoma Counties
- Cimarron County (4.8 min)
- Woods County (8.5 min)
- Harmon County (8.8 min)
- Cotton County (30.4 min)
- Logan County (28.5 min)
- Lincoln County (28.0 min)
Compare commute times among different counties
On average, it takes 18.6 minutes to get to work in Adair County. That's 17% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
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 walking. About 3.3% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Adair County
- Car: 90.4%
- Walked: 4.4%
- Worked at Home: 3.3%
- Other: 1.6%
- Public Transportation: 0.3%
- Bicycle: 0.2%
- Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low
- Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Adair County, versus 0.1% in Oklahoma.
Taking a taxi is unusually rare in Adair County: 10.0 times less than the Oklahoma average (0.0% vs 0.1%).
Commute Mode Trends in Adair County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Adair 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.
Show commute mode data by year
| Year | Car | Walked | Worked at Home | Other | Public Transportation | Bicycle | Taxi | Motorcycle |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 91.1% | 1.3% | 6.6% | 0.1% | 0.8% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% |
| 2010 | 88.6% | 1.4% | 8.5% | 0.1% | 1.2% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 2011 | 90.8% | 2.4% | 5.5% | 0.2% | 1.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.0% |
| 2012 | 91.7% | 2.4% | 4.7% | 0.3% | 0.7% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% |
| 2013 | 92.7% | 2.3% | 4.0% | 0.2% | 0.5% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% |
| 2014 | 92.7% | 2.3% | 4.0% | 0.3% | 0.5% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.0% |
| 2015 | 94.4% | 2.4% | 2.4% | 0.4% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.0% |
| 2016 | 94.0% | 2.8% | 2.6% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 2017 | 92.9% | 2.8% | 3.2% | 0.7% | 0.1% | 0.3% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 2018 | 92.8% | 2.8% | 3.2% | 0.7% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 2019 | 92.6% | 2.7% | 3.6% | 0.9% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 2020 | 91.1% | 3.9% | 3.6% | 1.0% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 2021 | 92.0% | 3.0% | 3.3% | 1.3% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 2022 | 91.7% | 2.7% | 3.7% | 1.6% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 2023 | 90.4% | 3.8% | 3.9% | 1.6% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 2024 | 90.4% | 4.4% | 3.3% | 1.6% | 0.3% | 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 2015 at 94.4% and lowest in 2010 at 88.6%. Overall it fell from 91.1% in 2009 to 90.4% in 2024, down 0.7 percentage points.
Walking gained the most ground in Adair County: its share of workers rose from 1.3% in 2009 to 4.4% in 2024, up 3.1 percentage points.
Working from home lost the most ground, falling from 6.6% to 3.3% of workers (down 3.3 percentage points).
Walking overtook working from home to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2024 release and has stayed ahead since.
Commute Start Times in Adair County
- 🐦 Early BirdThe earliest start among Oklahoma's 77 counties: half of commuters are on the road by 7:12 AM.
- ⏰ Earlier AlarmsThe 2nd-biggest shift to earlier mornings among Oklahoma's 77 counties: the typical start is 23 minutes earlier than in 2009.
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Adair County?
The bars show when commuters in Adair 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 Oklahoma for comparison. Hover over or tap a row for the exact numbers.
| 12:00-4:59 AM |
12:00-4:59 AM
Adair County7.1%
Oklahoma5.3%
|
7.1% |
|---|---|---|
| 5:00-5:29 AM |
5:00-5:29 AM
Adair County5.4%
Oklahoma3.7%
|
5.4% |
| 5:30-5:59 AM |
5:30-5:59 AM
Adair County6.2%
Oklahoma4.8%
|
6.2% |
| 6:00-6:29 AM |
6:00-6:29 AM
Adair County12.0%
Oklahoma8.5%
|
12.0% |
| 6:30-6:59 AM |
6:30-6:59 AM
Adair County12.4%
Oklahoma10.0%
|
12.4% |
| 7:00-7:29 AM |
7:00-7:29 AM
Adair County17.5%
Oklahoma15.2%
|
17.5% |
| 7:30-7:59 AM |
7:30-7:59 AM
Adair County12.3%
Oklahoma14.5%
|
12.3% |
| 8:00-8:29 AM |
8:00-8:29 AM
Adair County6.2%
Oklahoma10.7%
|
6.2% |
| 8:30-8:59 AM |
8:30-8:59 AM
Adair County3.8%
Oklahoma4.8%
|
3.8% |
| 9:00-9:59 AM |
9:00-9:59 AM
Adair County2.1%
Oklahoma5.7%
|
2.1% |
| 10:00-10:59 AM |
10:00-10:59 AM
Adair County2.4%
Oklahoma2.7%
|
2.4% |
| 11:00-11:59 AM |
11:00-11:59 AM
Adair County0.4%
Oklahoma1.2%
|
0.4% |
| 12:00-3:59 PM |
12:00-3:59 PM
Adair County6.1%
Oklahoma6.2%
|
6.1% |
| 4:00-11:59 PM |
4:00-11:59 PM
Adair County6.3%
Oklahoma6.6%
|
6.3% |
Adair County Oklahoma Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Adair County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 17.5% of commuters leave home, compared with 15.2% across Oklahoma. Early starts are more common than in Oklahoma: 18.7% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 13.9% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Oklahoma: 48.3% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 50.4% there. About 1 in 6 commuters (17.3%) 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 Adair 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 Adair 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 Adair County next to Oklahoma 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.
Show typical departure times by year
| Year | Adair County | Oklahoma | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 7:35 AM | 7:39 AM | 7:37 AM |
| 2010 | 7:29 AM | 7:38 AM | 7:38 AM |
| 2011 | 7:22 AM | 7:37 AM | 7:38 AM |
| 2012 | 7:21 AM | 7:37 AM | 7:38 AM |
| 2013 | 7:20 AM | 7:36 AM | 7:39 AM |
| 2014 | 7:21 AM | 7:35 AM | 7:39 AM |
| 2015 | 7:18 AM | 7:35 AM | 7:38 AM |
| 2016 | 7:18 AM | 7:34 AM | 7:38 AM |
| 2017 | 7:20 AM | 7:34 AM | 7:38 AM |
| 2018 | 7:19 AM | 7:34 AM | 7:37 AM |
| 2019 | 7:19 AM | 7:34 AM | 7:37 AM |
| 2020 | 7:18 AM | 7:34 AM | 7:37 AM |
| 2021 | 7:17 AM | 7:34 AM | 7:37 AM |
| 2022 | 7:17 AM | 7:34 AM | 7:37 AM |
| 2023 | 7:16 AM | 7:34 AM | 7:38 AM |
| 2024 | 7:12 AM | 7:35 AM | 7:38 AM |
In 2024, half of commuters in Adair County were on the road by 7:12 AM, 23 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:35 AM). The shift is sharper than across Oklahoma, where the typical start moved 4 minutes earlier. Commuters in Adair County now leave 26 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 Adair County has moved 7 minutes earlier. The 2024 release is the earliest typical start for Adair County in the whole series.
How does Adair County's commute time compare?
| Metric | Adair County | Oklahoma | US Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avg. Commute Time | 18.6 min | 19.0 min | 22.4 min |
| Departure Window | 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM | 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM | 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM |
| Secondary Departure Window | 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM | 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM | 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM |
| Work From Home | 3.3% | 9.4% | 15.0% |
| Walked | 4.4% | 1.8% | 2.4% |
| Public Transit | 0.3% | 0.3% | 3.2% |
The average commute time in Adair County is about the same as in Oklahoma.
The share of commuters using public transit is about the same as Oklahoma. 4.4% commute by walking, higher than the 1.8% in Oklahoma.
Adair County, OK Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Adair County, OK is the smallest of the 6 counties compared here, 19,571 residents against a local median of 47,942. Adair County, OK's work from home, at 3.3%, runs 58% below the 7.8% typical of the counties around it.
The counties themselves spread 6.7% on work from home, so Adair County, OK sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Adair County, OK has the 6th highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
| Area | Population | One-way commute | Work from home | Typical departure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adair County, OK | 19,571 | 18.6 min #2/6 | 3.3% #6/6 | 7:12 AM #1/6 |
| Cherokee County, OK | 47,942 | 17.7 min | 7.8% | 7:34 AM |
| Sequoyah County, OK | 39,855 | 22.0 min | 4.5% | 7:17 AM |
| Washington County, AR | 256,746 | 18.7 min | 11.2% | 7:31 AM |
| Crawford County, AR | 61,139 | 21.7 min | 6.3% | 7:17 AM |
| Delaware County, OK | 41,279 | 23.4 min | 9.4% | 7:24 AM |
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about commuting in Adair County, Oklahoma.
How much does the average commute cost workers in Adair County, Oklahoma?
Commuters here spend an estimated 155 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,815 at a typical national wage. That's 2% less than the typical Oklahoma commuter spends.
When is rush hour worst in Adair County, Oklahoma?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Adair County, Oklahoma. 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 Oklahoma?
Among counties in Oklahoma, the shortest average commutes are in Cimarron County (4.8 min), Woods County (8.5 min), Harmon County (8.8 min). The longest are in Cotton County (30.4 min), Logan County (28.5 min), Lincoln County (28.0 min).