Commuting in Beckham County, Oklahoma: 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 Beckham County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Beckham County spend about 22 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 91 hours, about 3.8 full days, spent commuting. That is 43% less time on the road than the Oklahoma average of 19.0 minutes each way, a difference of 8.1 minutes.
Beckham County holds about 0.5% of Oklahoma's population but accounts for roughly 0.3% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Beckham County would save about 36 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,126 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)
Beckham County
10.9 min
21.8 min
91 hrs/yr
$2,815
275
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.
On average, it takes
10.9
minutes to get to work in
Beckham County.
That's 51% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Among the top 5 fastest counties in Oklahoma
The most common departure window is 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM, followed by 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 4.4% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Beckham County
Car:
89.3%
Worked at Home:
4.4%
Walked:
3.4%
Other:
2.4%
Public Transportation:
0.2%
Motorcycle:
0.2%
Taxi:
< 0.1%
Bicycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Biking is essentially absent in Beckham County, versus 0.2% in Oklahoma.
Commute Mode Trends in Beckham County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Beckham 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
Other
Public Transportation
Motorcycle
Taxi
Bicycle
2009
94.3%
3.5%
1.1%
0.3%
0.2%
0.4%
0.0%
0.1%
2010
94.7%
2.7%
0.9%
0.2%
0.2%
0.8%
0.3%
0.2%
2011
95.8%
2.6%
0.5%
0.2%
0.1%
0.2%
0.3%
0.3%
2012
95.4%
2.6%
0.9%
0.1%
0.0%
0.3%
0.3%
0.3%
2013
96.2%
2.1%
0.8%
0.1%
0.0%
0.3%
0.2%
0.4%
2014
95.5%
2.5%
0.9%
0.4%
0.1%
0.3%
0.1%
0.2%
2015
95.6%
2.4%
1.1%
0.4%
0.1%
0.1%
0.0%
0.2%
2016
96.0%
2.1%
1.3%
0.4%
0.2%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
2017
95.2%
2.4%
1.5%
0.3%
0.2%
0.5%
0.0%
0.0%
2018
93.0%
2.6%
2.5%
1.1%
0.2%
0.6%
0.0%
0.0%
2019
92.5%
2.5%
2.6%
0.7%
1.2%
0.5%
0.0%
0.0%
2020
91.4%
3.2%
3.3%
0.6%
1.1%
0.4%
0.1%
0.0%
2021
88.6%
3.3%
4.2%
2.3%
1.0%
0.5%
0.1%
0.0%
2022
87.4%
3.1%
4.0%
2.0%
3.3%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
2023
88.9%
4.0%
4.0%
1.8%
1.2%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
2024
89.3%
4.4%
3.4%
2.4%
0.2%
0.2%
0.1%
0.0%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share was highest in 2013 at 96.2% and lowest in 2022 at 87.4%. Overall it fell from 94.3% in 2009 to 89.3% in 2024, down 5.0 percentage points. It has risen in each of the last 2 releases.
Walking gained the most ground in Beckham County: its share of workers rose from 1.1% in 2009 to 3.4% in 2024, up 2.3 percentage points.
Public transit peaked at 3.3% in 2022 and has since fallen back to 0.2%.
Commute Start Times in Beckham County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Beckham County?
The bars show when commuters in Beckham 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 AMBeckham County4.9%Oklahoma5.3%
4.9%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMBeckham County5.0%Oklahoma3.7%
5.0%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMBeckham County4.2%Oklahoma4.8%
4.2%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMBeckham County6.2%Oklahoma8.5%
6.2%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMBeckham County8.9%Oklahoma10.0%
8.9%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMBeckham County14.4%Oklahoma15.2%
14.4%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMBeckham County20.2%Oklahoma14.5%
20.2%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMBeckham County10.1%Oklahoma10.7%
10.1%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMBeckham County2.6%Oklahoma4.8%
2.6%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMBeckham County8.4%Oklahoma5.7%
8.4%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMBeckham County3.2%Oklahoma2.7%
3.2%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMBeckham County1.1%Oklahoma1.2%
1.1%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMBeckham County5.6%Oklahoma6.2%
5.6%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMBeckham County5.2%Oklahoma6.6%
5.2%
Beckham CountyOklahomaSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Beckham County is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 20.2% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.5% across Oklahoma. Early starts are about as common as in Oklahoma: 14.0% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 13.9% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Oklahoma: 53.6% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 50.4% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (23.5%) 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 Beckham 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 Beckham 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 Beckham 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.
Median time commuters leave home, by ACS 5-year release year. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.Show typical departure times by year
Year
Beckham County
Oklahoma
United States
2009
7:46 AM
7:39 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:42 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:41 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:41 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:42 AM
7:36 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:37 AM
7:35 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:42 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:49 AM
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:44 AM
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:43 AM
7:34 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:36 AM
7:34 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:29 AM
7:34 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:22 AM
7:34 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:25 AM
7:34 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:31 AM
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:40 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Beckham County were on the road by 7:40 AM, 7 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:46 AM). The shift is sharper than across Oklahoma, where the typical start moved 4 minutes earlier. Commuters in Beckham County now leave 2 minutes later than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). Since the 2019 release, which covers the years just before the pandemic, the typical start in Beckham County has moved 4 minutes later.
How does Beckham County's commute time compare?
Metric
Beckham County
Oklahoma
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
10.9 min
19.0 min
22.4 min
Departure Window
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home
4.4%
9.4%
15.0%
Walked
3.4%
1.8%
2.4%
Public Transit
0.2%
0.3%
3.2%
The average commute time in Beckham County is 10.9 minutes, shorter than the 19.0 minutes in Oklahoma.
0.2% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.3% in Oklahoma. 3.4% commute by walking, higher than the 1.8% in Oklahoma.
Beckham County, OK Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Beckham County, OK is the largest of the 6 counties compared here, 22,144 residents against a local median of 3,359. Where Beckham County, OK breaks from the counties next to it is work from home, sitting 35% below the local median of 6.8% at 4.4%.
The counties themselves spread 6.2% on work from home, so Beckham County, OK sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Beckham County, OK has the 6th highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Beckham County, Oklahoma.
Is commuting expensive in Beckham County, Oklahoma?
Commuters here spend an estimated 91 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $2,815 at a typical national wage. That's 43% less than the typical Oklahoma commuter spends.
What time should you leave for work to avoid traffic in Beckham County, Oklahoma?
Traffic peaks between 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM in Beckham County, Oklahoma. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM also sees a secondary bump.
How do commute times compare across 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).