Cimarron County Commute Time Map & Patterns

Commute Time Burden in Cimarron County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Cimarron County spend about 10 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 40 hours, about 1.7 full days, spent commuting. That is 75% less time on the road than the Oklahoma average of 19.0 minutes each way, a difference of 14.2 minutes.

Cimarron County holds about 0.1% of Oklahoma's population but accounts for roughly 0.0% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Cimarron County would save about 16 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $495 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)
Cimarron County	4.8 min	9.6 min	40 hrs/yr	$1,238	106
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.

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On average, it takes 4.8 minutes to get to work in Cimarron County. That's 79% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

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The most common departure window is 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM, followed by 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 20.1% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Cimarron County

• Car: 69.4% unusually low
• Worked at Home: 20.1%
• Walked: 9.0% unusually high
• Other: 1.5%
• Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
• Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low
• Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low
• Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low

Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Cimarron County, versus 0.1% in Oklahoma.

Driving is 20% less common in Cimarron County than the Oklahoma average (69.4% vs 87.1%).

Walking is unusually common in Cimarron County: 5.1 times more than the Oklahoma average (9.0% vs 1.8%).

Public transit is essentially absent in Cimarron County, versus 0.3% in Oklahoma.

Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Cimarron County, versus 0.1% in Oklahoma.

Biking is essentially absent in Cimarron County, versus 0.2% in Oklahoma.

Cimarron County stands out for active commuting: 9.0% of workers walk or bike to work, 4.6 times the Oklahoma average of 2.0%.

Commute Mode Trends in Cimarron County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Cimarron 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.

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Show commute mode data by year

Year	Car	Worked at Home	Walked	Other	Public Transportation	Taxi	Motorcycle	Bicycle
2009	93.5%	2.4%	2.2%	1.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.3%
2010	89.2%	3.4%	5.8%	1.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.5%
2011	86.1%	5.2%	6.4%	1.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.4%
2012	84.8%	6.1%	6.8%	1.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.5%
2013	86.1%	7.3%	5.2%	1.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2014	85.7%	6.9%	5.2%	2.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2015	87.8%	6.1%	3.2%	2.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2016	90.3%	4.7%	2.7%	2.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2017	91.1%	4.1%	2.8%	2.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2018	91.8%	3.8%	3.3%	1.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2019	91.8%	4.1%	3.1%	0.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2020	80.5%	10.0%	9.3%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2021	78.4%	14.2%	6.7%	0.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2022	76.1%	16.4%	7.1%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	75.9%	18.1%	5.4%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	69.4%	20.1%	9.0%	1.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Overall its share fell from 93.5% in 2009 to 69.4% in 2024, down 24.1 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 5 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Cimarron County: its share of workers rose from 2.4% in 2009 to 20.1% in 2024, up 17.7 percentage points. Most of that increase, 16.0 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Commute Start Times in Cimarron County

• 🚦 Rush-Hour RegularsThe highest share of rush-hour departures among Oklahoma's 77 counties: 84.2% of commuters leave between 6:30 and 8:29 AM.

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Cimarron County?

The bars show when commuters in Cimarron 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 Cimarron County2.6% Oklahoma5.3%	2.6%
5:00-5:29 AM	5:00-5:29 AM Cimarron County2.2% Oklahoma3.7%	2.2%
5:30-5:59 AM	5:30-5:59 AM Cimarron County1.5% Oklahoma4.8%	1.5%
6:00-6:29 AM	6:00-6:29 AM Cimarron County2.1% Oklahoma8.5%	2.1%
6:30-6:59 AM	6:30-6:59 AM Cimarron County16.6% Oklahoma10.0%	16.6%
7:00-7:29 AM	7:00-7:29 AM Cimarron County19.5% Oklahoma15.2%	19.5%
7:30-7:59 AM	7:30-7:59 AM Cimarron County18.0% Oklahoma14.5%	18.0%
8:00-8:29 AM	8:00-8:29 AM Cimarron County30.2% Oklahoma10.7%	30.2%
8:30-8:59 AM	8:30-8:59 AM Cimarron County1.9% Oklahoma4.8%	1.9%
9:00-9:59 AM	9:00-9:59 AM Cimarron County2.9% Oklahoma5.7%	2.9%
10:00-10:59 AM	10:00-10:59 AM Cimarron County0.0% Oklahoma2.7%	0.0%
11:00-11:59 AM	11:00-11:59 AM Cimarron County1.3% Oklahoma1.2%	1.3%
12:00-3:59 PM	12:00-3:59 PM Cimarron County0.0% Oklahoma6.2%	0.0%
4:00-11:59 PM	4:00-11:59 PM Cimarron County1.3% Oklahoma6.6%	1.3%

Cimarron County Oklahoma Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates

The busiest time to head out in Cimarron County is 8:00-8:29 AM, when 30.2% of commuters leave home, compared with 10.7% across Oklahoma. Early starts are less common than in Oklahoma: 6.3% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 13.9% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Oklahoma: 84.2% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 50.4% there. About 1 in 18 commuters (5.5%) 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 Cimarron 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 Cimarron 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 Cimarron 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.

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Show typical departure times by year

Year	Cimarron County	Oklahoma	United States
2009	7:45 AM	7:39 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:44 AM	7:38 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:43 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:41 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:36 AM	7:36 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:40 AM	7:35 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:42 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:42 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:42 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:39 AM	7:34 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:38 AM	7:34 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:43 AM	7:34 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:31 AM	7:34 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:27 AM	7:34 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:30 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:39 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Cimarron County were on the road by 7:39 AM, 5 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:45 AM). Oklahoma followed the same path, with the typical start moving 4 minutes earlier. Commuters in Cimarron County now leave 1 minute 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 Cimarron County has moved 2 minutes later.

How does Cimarron County's commute time compare?

Metric	Cimarron County	Oklahoma	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	4.8 min	19.0 min	22.4 min
Departure Window	08:00 AM – 08:29 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	20.1%	9.4%	15.0%
Walked	9.0%	1.8%	2.4%
Public Transit	< 0.1%	0.3%	3.2%

The average commute time in Cimarron County is 4.8 minutes, shorter than the 19.0 minutes in Oklahoma.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.3% in Oklahoma. 9.0% commute by walking, higher than the 1.8% in Oklahoma.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau