Commuting in Coal 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 Coal County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Coal County spend about 36 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 152 hours, about 6.3 full days, spent commuting. That is 4% less time on the road than the Oklahoma average of 19.0 minutes each way, a difference of 0.8 minutes.
Coal County holds about 0.1% of Oklahoma's population and accounts for roughly 0.1% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Coal County would save about 61 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,879 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)
Coal County
18.2 min
36.4 min
152 hrs/yr
$4,697
395
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
18.2
minutes to get to work in
Coal County.
That's 19% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
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 8.2% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Coal County
Car:
86.1%
Worked at Home:
8.2%
Walked:
3.8%
Other:
1.5%
Taxi:
0.4%
Bicycle:
0.2%
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Public Transportation:
< 0.1%unusually low
Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Coal County, versus 0.1% in Oklahoma.
Public transit is essentially absent in Coal County, versus 0.3% in Oklahoma.
Commute Mode Trends in Coal County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Coal 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
Taxi
Bicycle
Public Transportation
Motorcycle
2009
94.5%
3.2%
0.9%
1.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.5%
0.0%
2010
95.4%
3.2%
0.5%
0.9%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2011
93.8%
4.3%
0.9%
0.9%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
2012
91.8%
5.6%
1.6%
0.9%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2013
90.7%
6.1%
1.9%
0.8%
0.0%
0.0%
0.6%
0.0%
2014
91.8%
4.9%
2.3%
0.5%
0.0%
0.0%
0.6%
0.0%
2015
91.9%
5.3%
2.1%
0.4%
0.0%
0.0%
0.4%
0.0%
2016
91.5%
5.3%
2.0%
0.5%
0.0%
0.0%
0.7%
0.0%
2017
92.1%
3.5%
2.8%
0.9%
0.0%
0.0%
0.7%
0.0%
2018
91.9%
4.0%
2.8%
1.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.2%
0.0%
2019
91.9%
3.4%
3.0%
1.6%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
2020
91.8%
3.4%
3.7%
1.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
2021
89.5%
4.0%
4.9%
1.7%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2022
86.2%
7.2%
5.0%
1.4%
0.0%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
2023
86.7%
7.3%
4.4%
1.4%
0.0%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
2024
86.1%
8.2%
3.8%
1.5%
0.4%
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 peaked in 2010 at 95.4%. Overall it fell from 94.5% in 2009 to 86.1% in 2024, down 8.4 percentage points. It has fallen in the latest release.
Working from home gained the most ground in Coal County: its share of workers rose from 3.2% in 2009 to 8.2% in 2024, up 5.0 percentage points. Most of that increase, 4.8 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 0.5% to 0.0% of workers (down 0.5 percentage points).
Walking peaked at 5.0% in 2022 and has since fallen back to 3.8%.
Commute Start Times in Coal County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Coal County?
The bars show when commuters in Coal 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 AMCoal County5.4%Oklahoma5.3%
5.4%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMCoal County4.2%Oklahoma3.7%
4.2%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMCoal County5.5%Oklahoma4.8%
5.5%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMCoal County6.7%Oklahoma8.5%
6.7%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMCoal County12.1%Oklahoma10.0%
12.1%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMCoal County15.1%Oklahoma15.2%
15.1%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMCoal County20.1%Oklahoma14.5%
20.1%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMCoal County8.6%Oklahoma10.7%
8.6%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMCoal County4.1%Oklahoma4.8%
4.1%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMCoal County3.0%Oklahoma5.7%
3.0%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMCoal County2.4%Oklahoma2.7%
2.4%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMCoal County1.3%Oklahoma1.2%
1.3%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMCoal County6.7%Oklahoma6.2%
6.7%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMCoal County4.9%Oklahoma6.6%
4.9%
Coal CountyOklahomaSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Coal County is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 20.1% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.5% 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: 55.8% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 50.4% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (18.2%) 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 Coal 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 Coal 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 Coal 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
Coal County
Oklahoma
United States
2009
7:31 AM
7:39 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:28 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:21 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:15 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:19 AM
7:36 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:20 AM
7:35 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:22 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:26 AM
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:30 AM
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:22 AM
7:34 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:18 AM
7:34 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:20 AM
7:34 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:21 AM
7:34 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:19 AM
7:34 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:28 AM
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:32 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Coal County were on the road by 7:32 AM, almost exactly the same as in 2009. Across Oklahoma, meanwhile, the typical commuter now leaves 4 minutes earlier than in 2009. Commuters in Coal County now leave 6 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 Coal County has moved 14 minutes later. The 2024 release is the latest typical start for Coal County in the whole series.
How does Coal County's commute time compare?
Metric
Coal County
Oklahoma
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
18.2 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
8.2%
9.4%
15.0%
Walked
3.8%
1.8%
2.4%
Public Transit
< 0.1%
0.3%
3.2%
The average commute time in Coal County is 18.2 minutes, shorter than the 19.0 minutes in Oklahoma.
0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.3% in Oklahoma. 3.8% commute by walking, higher than the 1.8% in Oklahoma.
Coal County, OK Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Coal County, OK is the smallest of the 6 counties compared here, 5,319 residents against a local median of 14,377. Coal County, OK's one-way commute, at 18.2 min, runs 15% below the 21.4 min typical of the counties around it. That is the better end of the local range on this measure.
The counties themselves spread 6.5 min on one-way commute, so Coal County, OK sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Coal County, OK has the 3rd lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Coal County, Oklahoma.
How much does the average commute cost workers in Coal County, Oklahoma?
Commuters here spend an estimated 152 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,697 at a typical national wage. That's 4% less than the typical Oklahoma commuter spends.
When is rush hour worst in Coal County, Oklahoma?
Traffic peaks between 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM in Coal 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.
Is public transportation a realistic commute option in Coal County, Oklahoma?
Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.0% of commuters use it versus 0.3% in Oklahoma, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.
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).