Commuting in Comanche 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 Comanche County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Comanche County spend about 33 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 137 hours, about 5.7 full days, spent commuting. That is 14% less time on the road than the Oklahoma average of 19.0 minutes each way, a difference of 2.6 minutes.
Comanche County holds about 3.0% of Oklahoma's population but accounts for roughly 2.6% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Comanche County would save about 55 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,694 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)
Comanche County
16.4 min
32.8 min
137 hrs/yr
$4,235
1,458
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
16.4
minutes to get to work in
Comanche County.
That's 27% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Faster than 74% of counties in Oklahoma
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 10.3% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Comanche County
Car:
85.1%
Worked at Home:
10.3%
Walked:
2.2%
Other:
1.3%
Public Transportation:
0.4%
Taxi:
0.3%
Bicycle:
0.3%
Motorcycle:
0.1%
Commute Mode Trends in Comanche County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Comanche 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
Taxi
Bicycle
Motorcycle
2009
84.7%
7.9%
4.4%
1.4%
0.8%
0.4%
0.2%
0.2%
2010
84.9%
7.7%
3.9%
1.9%
0.8%
0.3%
0.1%
0.4%
2011
84.9%
7.6%
3.7%
2.1%
1.0%
0.3%
0.2%
0.3%
2012
84.9%
6.9%
4.5%
2.0%
1.0%
0.3%
0.1%
0.4%
2013
84.7%
7.8%
3.9%
2.2%
0.8%
0.2%
0.1%
0.3%
2014
84.8%
7.5%
3.9%
2.3%
0.9%
0.1%
0.1%
0.4%
2015
86.0%
7.7%
3.5%
1.6%
0.7%
0.1%
0.2%
0.3%
2016
85.0%
9.0%
3.1%
1.3%
0.8%
0.2%
0.2%
0.4%
2017
84.9%
10.2%
2.6%
1.0%
0.8%
0.2%
0.2%
0.2%
2018
84.7%
10.6%
2.5%
0.5%
1.1%
0.2%
0.1%
0.2%
2019
83.4%
11.9%
2.2%
0.8%
1.2%
0.3%
0.1%
0.1%
2020
84.1%
11.5%
1.6%
1.0%
1.3%
0.2%
0.1%
0.2%
2021
84.6%
11.3%
1.8%
1.0%
0.8%
0.2%
0.2%
0.1%
2022
85.1%
11.0%
1.4%
1.1%
0.7%
0.3%
0.2%
0.1%
2023
84.9%
10.6%
2.0%
1.4%
0.5%
0.3%
0.3%
0.1%
2024
85.1%
10.3%
2.2%
1.3%
0.4%
0.3%
0.3%
0.1%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share was highest in 2015 at 86.0% and lowest in 2019 at 83.4%. Overall it held roughly steady, at 84.7% in 2009 and 85.1% in 2024.
Working from home gained the most ground in Comanche County: its share of workers rose from 7.9% in 2009 to 10.3% in 2024, up 2.4 percentage points.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 4.4% to 2.2% of workers (down 2.2 percentage points).
Working from home peaked at 11.9% in 2019 and has since fallen back to 10.3%.
Commute Start Times in Comanche County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Comanche County?
The bars show when commuters in Comanche 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 AMComanche County5.2%Oklahoma5.3%
5.2%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMComanche County3.8%Oklahoma3.7%
3.8%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMComanche County7.8%Oklahoma4.8%
7.8%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMComanche County11.8%Oklahoma8.5%
11.8%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMComanche County9.7%Oklahoma10.0%
9.7%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMComanche County14.3%Oklahoma15.2%
14.3%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMComanche County12.9%Oklahoma14.5%
12.9%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMComanche County9.2%Oklahoma10.7%
9.2%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMComanche County5.1%Oklahoma4.8%
5.1%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMComanche County4.8%Oklahoma5.7%
4.8%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMComanche County2.6%Oklahoma2.7%
2.6%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMComanche County1.0%Oklahoma1.2%
1.0%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMComanche County5.0%Oklahoma6.2%
5.0%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMComanche County6.7%Oklahoma6.6%
6.7%
Comanche CountyOklahomaSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Comanche County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 14.3% of commuters leave home, compared with 15.2% across Oklahoma. Early starts are more common than in Oklahoma: 16.9% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 13.9% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Oklahoma: 46.1% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 50.4% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (20.1%) 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 Comanche 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 Comanche 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 Comanche 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
Comanche County
Oklahoma
United States
2009
7:33 AM
7:39 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:30 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:28 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:24 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:25 AM
7:36 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:26 AM
7:35 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:28 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:30 AM
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:33 AM
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:34 AM
7:34 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:36 AM
7:34 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:33 AM
7:34 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:33 AM
7:34 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:28 AM
7:34 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:27 AM
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:24 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Comanche County were on the road by 7:24 AM, 8 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:33 AM). The shift is sharper than across Oklahoma, where the typical start moved 4 minutes earlier. Commuters in Comanche 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 Comanche County has moved 11 minutes earlier. The 2024 release is the earliest typical start for Comanche County in the whole series.
How does Comanche County's commute time compare?
Metric
Comanche County
Oklahoma
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
16.4 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
10.3%
9.4%
15.0%
Walked
2.2%
1.8%
2.4%
Public Transit
0.4%
0.3%
3.2%
The average commute time in Comanche County is 16.4 minutes, shorter than the 19.0 minutes in Oklahoma.
0.4% commute by public transit, higher than the 0.3% in Oklahoma. 2.2% commute by walking, higher than the 1.8% in Oklahoma.
Comanche County, OK Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Comanche County, OK is the largest of the 6 counties compared here, 121,825 residents against a local median of 8,382. Where Comanche County, OK breaks from the counties next to it is work from home, sitting 83% above the local median of 5.6% at 10.3%.
The counties themselves spread 5.1% on work from home, so Comanche County, OK sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Comanche County, OK has the highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Comanche County, Oklahoma.
What is the financial impact of commuting in Comanche County, Oklahoma?
Commuters here spend an estimated 137 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,235 at a typical national wage. That's 14% less than the typical Oklahoma commuter spends.
What are the busiest morning travel hours in Comanche County, Oklahoma?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Comanche 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).