Commuting in Choctaw 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 Choctaw County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Choctaw County spend about 41 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 171 hours, about 7.1 full days, spent commuting. That is 8% more time on the road than the Oklahoma average of 19.0 minutes each way, a difference of 1.6 minutes.
Choctaw County holds about 0.4% of Oklahoma's population and accounts for roughly 0.4% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Choctaw County would save about 68 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,122 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)
Choctaw County
20.5 min
41.1 min
171 hrs/yr
$5,304
579
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
20.5
minutes to get to work in
Choctaw County.
That's 8% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 6.0% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Choctaw County
Car:
91.2%
Worked at Home:
6.0%
Walked:
1.0%
Other:
0.8%
Public Transportation:
0.5%
Bicycle:
0.5%
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Choctaw County, versus 0.1% in Oklahoma.
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Choctaw County, versus 0.1% in Oklahoma.
Commute Mode Trends in Choctaw County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Choctaw 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
Bicycle
Taxi
Motorcycle
2009
87.5%
3.1%
4.1%
4.4%
0.4%
0.0%
0.0%
0.5%
2010
88.8%
3.3%
3.1%
3.2%
1.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.4%
2011
89.7%
3.6%
2.2%
3.3%
0.7%
0.0%
0.0%
0.5%
2012
89.7%
3.1%
2.3%
3.4%
1.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.3%
2013
90.7%
3.9%
1.2%
3.1%
0.8%
0.0%
0.0%
0.3%
2014
92.4%
3.2%
1.6%
1.7%
1.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.2%
2015
92.2%
2.8%
1.9%
1.9%
1.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2016
93.7%
2.5%
1.9%
1.2%
0.6%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2017
93.4%
2.7%
1.7%
1.1%
0.9%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
2018
92.8%
3.0%
2.0%
1.5%
0.6%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
2019
92.9%
3.4%
1.4%
1.2%
1.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
2020
93.4%
3.5%
1.0%
1.1%
0.9%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
2021
92.5%
3.5%
1.2%
1.4%
1.0%
0.3%
0.0%
0.1%
2022
91.8%
4.3%
1.2%
1.5%
0.8%
0.4%
0.0%
0.0%
2023
91.7%
5.3%
0.8%
0.7%
1.1%
0.5%
0.0%
0.0%
2024
91.2%
6.0%
1.0%
0.8%
0.5%
0.5%
0.0%
0.0%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2016 at 93.7%. Overall it rose from 87.5% in 2009 to 91.2% in 2024, up 3.7 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 4 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Choctaw County: its share of workers rose from 3.1% in 2009 to 6.0% in 2024, up 2.9 percentage points. Most of that increase, 2.6 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 4.1% to 1.0% of workers (down 3.1 percentage points).
Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2010 release and has stayed ahead since.
Commute Start Times in Choctaw County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Choctaw County?
The bars show when commuters in Choctaw 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 AMChoctaw County4.4%Oklahoma5.3%
4.4%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMChoctaw County5.3%Oklahoma3.7%
5.3%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMChoctaw County5.3%Oklahoma4.8%
5.3%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMChoctaw County9.8%Oklahoma8.5%
9.8%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMChoctaw County12.1%Oklahoma10.0%
12.1%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMChoctaw County16.1%Oklahoma15.2%
16.1%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMChoctaw County15.7%Oklahoma14.5%
15.7%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMChoctaw County11.5%Oklahoma10.7%
11.5%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMChoctaw County2.6%Oklahoma4.8%
2.6%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMChoctaw County3.7%Oklahoma5.7%
3.7%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMChoctaw County1.7%Oklahoma2.7%
1.7%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMChoctaw County0.9%Oklahoma1.2%
0.9%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMChoctaw County5.0%Oklahoma6.2%
5.0%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMChoctaw County5.9%Oklahoma6.6%
5.9%
Choctaw CountyOklahomaSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Choctaw County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 16.1% of commuters leave home, compared with 15.2% across Oklahoma. Early starts are more common than in Oklahoma: 15.1% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 13.9% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Oklahoma: 55.4% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 50.4% there. About 1 in 6 commuters (17.1%) 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 Choctaw 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 Choctaw 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 Choctaw 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
Choctaw County
Oklahoma
United States
2009
7:36 AM
7:39 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:34 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:29 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:25 AM
7:36 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:27 AM
7:35 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:30 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:27 AM
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:28 AM
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:26 AM
7:34 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:23 AM
7:34 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:23 AM
7:34 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:21 AM
7:34 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:21 AM
7:34 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:20 AM
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:24 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Choctaw County were on the road by 7:24 AM, 12 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:36 AM). The shift is sharper than across Oklahoma, where the typical start moved 4 minutes earlier. Commuters in Choctaw County now leave 14 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 Choctaw County has moved 2 minutes later.
How does Choctaw County's commute time compare?
Metric
Choctaw County
Oklahoma
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
20.5 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
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home
6.0%
9.4%
15.0%
Walked
1.0%
1.8%
2.4%
Public Transit
0.5%
0.3%
3.2%
The average commute time in Choctaw County is 20.5 minutes, longer than the 19.0 minutes in Oklahoma.
0.5% commute by public transit, higher than the 0.3% in Oklahoma. 1.0% commute by walking, lower than the 1.8% in Oklahoma.
Choctaw County, OK Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Choctaw County, OK is the 3rd largest of the 6 counties compared here, 14,297 residents against a local median of 11,611. Choctaw County, OK's work from home, at 6.0%, runs 28% below the 8.3% typical of the counties around it.
The counties themselves spread 5.7% on work from home, so Choctaw County, OK sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Choctaw County, OK has the 5th highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Choctaw County, Oklahoma.
Is commuting expensive in Choctaw County, Oklahoma?
Commuters here spend an estimated 171 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,304 at a typical national wage. That's 8% more than the typical Oklahoma commuter spends.
What time should you leave for work to avoid traffic in Choctaw County, Oklahoma?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Choctaw County, Oklahoma. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 07:30 AM – 07:59 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).