Craig County Commute Time Map & Patterns

Commute Time Burden in Craig County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Craig County spend about 35 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 147 hours, about 6.1 full days, spent commuting. That is 7% less time on the road than the Oklahoma average of 19.0 minutes each way, a difference of 1.4 minutes.

Craig County holds about 0.4% of Oklahoma's population but accounts for roughly 0.3% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Craig County would save about 59 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,817 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)
Craig County	17.6 min	35.2 min	147 hrs/yr	$4,542	571
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 17.6 minutes to get to work in Craig County. That's 22% 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 10.5% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Craig County

• Car: 87.5%
• Worked at Home: 10.5%
• Walked: 1.1%
• Other: 0.7%
• Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low
• Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
• Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low
• Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low

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

Public transit is unusually rare in Craig County: 4.6 times less than the Oklahoma average (0.1% vs 0.3%).

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

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

Commute Mode Trends in Craig County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Craig 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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• Worked at Home
• Walked
• Other
• Public Transportation
• Taxi
• Motorcycle
• Bicycle

Show commute mode data by year

Year	Car	Worked at Home	Walked	Other	Public Transportation	Taxi	Motorcycle	Bicycle
2009	88.1%	7.0%	2.5%	1.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.6%	0.7%
2010	89.9%	5.9%	2.2%	0.8%	0.2%	0.0%	0.5%	0.5%
2011	91.1%	5.7%	2.0%	0.6%	0.2%	0.0%	0.2%	0.3%
2012	90.4%	5.7%	2.1%	1.3%	0.2%	0.0%	0.2%	0.1%
2013	91.3%	3.7%	2.0%	2.1%	0.2%	0.0%	0.4%	0.3%
2014	91.9%	3.1%	2.0%	1.8%	0.4%	0.0%	0.4%	0.4%
2015	92.1%	3.6%	1.7%	1.8%	0.3%	0.0%	0.3%	0.2%
2016	91.8%	3.8%	1.6%	2.1%	0.3%	0.0%	0.3%	0.2%
2017	92.3%	3.8%	1.4%	1.8%	0.2%	0.0%	0.2%	0.2%
2018	91.7%	4.3%	1.6%	2.1%	0.2%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%
2019	90.6%	5.3%	2.2%	2.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2020	88.7%	6.8%	2.5%	2.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2021	88.2%	8.1%	2.4%	1.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2022	86.7%	10.3%	2.1%	0.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	86.9%	10.8%	1.7%	0.5%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	87.5%	10.5%	1.1%	0.7%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share was highest in 2017 at 92.3% and lowest in 2022 at 86.7%. Overall it fell from 88.1% in 2009 to 87.5% in 2024, down 0.6 percentage points. It has risen in each of the last 2 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Craig County: its share of workers rose from 7.0% in 2009 to 10.5% in 2024, up 3.5 percentage points. Most of that increase, 5.2 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 2.5% to 1.1% of workers (down 1.4 percentage points).

Commute Start Times in Craig County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Craig County?

The bars show when commuters in Craig 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 Craig County6.4% Oklahoma5.3%	6.4%
5:00-5:29 AM	5:00-5:29 AM Craig County5.5% Oklahoma3.7%	5.5%
5:30-5:59 AM	5:30-5:59 AM Craig County3.8% Oklahoma4.8%	3.8%
6:00-6:29 AM	6:00-6:29 AM Craig County11.5% Oklahoma8.5%	11.5%
6:30-6:59 AM	6:30-6:59 AM Craig County7.5% Oklahoma10.0%	7.5%
7:00-7:29 AM	7:00-7:29 AM Craig County15.3% Oklahoma15.2%	15.3%
7:30-7:59 AM	7:30-7:59 AM Craig County16.6% Oklahoma14.5%	16.6%
8:00-8:29 AM	8:00-8:29 AM Craig County8.7% Oklahoma10.7%	8.7%
8:30-8:59 AM	8:30-8:59 AM Craig County6.0% Oklahoma4.8%	6.0%
9:00-9:59 AM	9:00-9:59 AM Craig County4.2% Oklahoma5.7%	4.2%
10:00-10:59 AM	10:00-10:59 AM Craig County3.3% Oklahoma2.7%	3.3%
11:00-11:59 AM	11:00-11:59 AM Craig County1.7% Oklahoma1.2%	1.7%
12:00-3:59 PM	12:00-3:59 PM Craig County4.8% Oklahoma6.2%	4.8%
4:00-11:59 PM	4:00-11:59 PM Craig County4.9% Oklahoma6.6%	4.9%

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

The busiest time to head out in Craig County is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 16.6% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.5% across Oklahoma. Early starts are more common than in Oklahoma: 15.6% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 13.9% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Oklahoma: 48.1% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 50.4% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (18.8%) 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 Craig 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 Craig 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 Craig 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.

• Craig County
• Oklahoma
• United States

Show typical departure times by year

Year	Craig County	Oklahoma	United States
2009	7:42 AM	7:39 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:42 AM	7:38 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:43 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:39 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:40 AM	7:36 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:38 AM	7:35 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:34 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:36 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:35 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:34 AM	7:34 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:32 AM	7:34 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:36 AM	7:34 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:34 AM	7:34 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:30 AM	7:34 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:29 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:30 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Craig County were on the road by 7:30 AM, 12 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:42 AM). The shift is sharper than across Oklahoma, where the typical start moved 4 minutes earlier. Commuters in Craig County now leave 8 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 Craig County has moved 2 minutes earlier.

How does Craig County's commute time compare?

Metric	Craig County	Oklahoma	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	17.6 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	10.5%	9.4%	15.0%
Walked	1.1%	1.8%	2.4%
Public Transit	< 0.1%	0.3%	3.2%

The average commute time in Craig County is 17.6 minutes, shorter than the 19.0 minutes in Oklahoma.

0.1% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.3% in Oklahoma. 1.1% commute by walking, lower than the 1.8% in Oklahoma.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau