Commuting in Creek 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 Creek County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Creek County spend about 48 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 200 hours, about 8.3 full days, spent commuting. That is 26% more time on the road than the Oklahoma average of 19.0 minutes each way, a difference of 5.0 minutes.
Creek County holds about 1.8% of Oklahoma's population but accounts for roughly 2.3% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Creek County would save about 80 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,475 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)
Creek County
24.0 min
47.9 min
200 hrs/yr
$6,187
1,632
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
24.0
minutes to get to work in
Creek County.
That's 7% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Slower than 92% 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 10.1% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Creek County
Car:
88.0%
Worked at Home:
10.1%
Other:
0.9%
Walked:
0.7%
Motorcycle:
0.1%
Public Transportation:
< 0.1%unusually low
Bicycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Taxi:
< 0.1%
Public transit is unusually rare in Creek County: 3.5 times less than the Oklahoma average (0.1% vs 0.3%).
Biking is unusually rare in Creek County: 3.0 times less than the Oklahoma average (0.1% vs 0.2%).
Commute Mode Trends in Creek County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Creek 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
Other
Walked
Public Transportation
Taxi
Motorcycle
Bicycle
2009
93.2%
2.9%
0.8%
2.2%
0.2%
0.0%
0.5%
0.1%
2010
93.7%
3.2%
0.9%
1.4%
0.1%
0.0%
0.5%
0.1%
2011
93.6%
3.7%
0.7%
1.4%
0.1%
0.0%
0.4%
0.1%
2012
93.9%
3.9%
0.6%
1.2%
0.1%
0.0%
0.3%
0.1%
2013
93.8%
4.0%
0.6%
1.1%
0.1%
0.0%
0.3%
0.1%
2014
93.7%
4.3%
0.5%
1.0%
0.2%
0.0%
0.3%
0.1%
2015
94.1%
4.2%
0.3%
1.0%
0.2%
0.0%
0.1%
0.1%
2016
93.5%
4.7%
0.3%
0.9%
0.3%
0.0%
0.2%
0.2%
2017
93.2%
4.9%
0.4%
0.9%
0.3%
0.0%
0.2%
0.2%
2018
93.3%
4.8%
0.5%
0.8%
0.3%
0.0%
0.1%
0.2%
2019
93.4%
4.8%
0.6%
0.7%
0.2%
0.0%
0.2%
0.2%
2020
92.8%
5.6%
0.6%
0.5%
0.1%
0.0%
0.2%
0.1%
2021
91.9%
6.6%
0.7%
0.5%
0.1%
0.0%
0.2%
0.1%
2022
90.6%
7.8%
0.5%
0.7%
0.1%
0.0%
0.2%
0.1%
2023
88.9%
9.4%
0.7%
0.6%
0.1%
0.0%
0.2%
0.1%
2024
88.0%
10.1%
0.9%
0.7%
0.1%
0.1%
0.1%
0.1%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2015 at 94.1%. Overall it fell from 93.2% in 2009 to 88.0% in 2024, down 5.2 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 5 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Creek County: its share of workers rose from 2.9% in 2009 to 10.1% in 2024, up 7.2 percentage points. Most of that increase, 5.3 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 2.2% to 0.7% of workers (down 1.5 percentage points).
Commute Start Times in Creek County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Creek County?
The bars show when commuters in Creek 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 AMCreek County6.9%Oklahoma5.3%
6.9%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMCreek County4.4%Oklahoma3.7%
4.4%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMCreek County6.0%Oklahoma4.8%
6.0%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMCreek County10.9%Oklahoma8.5%
10.9%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMCreek County11.6%Oklahoma10.0%
11.6%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMCreek County16.7%Oklahoma15.2%
16.7%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMCreek County13.8%Oklahoma14.5%
13.8%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMCreek County9.8%Oklahoma10.7%
9.8%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMCreek County3.8%Oklahoma4.8%
3.8%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMCreek County4.1%Oklahoma5.7%
4.1%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMCreek County2.4%Oklahoma2.7%
2.4%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMCreek County0.9%Oklahoma1.2%
0.9%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMCreek County4.1%Oklahoma6.2%
4.1%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMCreek County4.6%Oklahoma6.6%
4.6%
Creek CountyOklahomaSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Creek County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 16.7% of commuters leave home, compared with 15.2% across Oklahoma. Early starts are more common than in Oklahoma: 17.3% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 13.9% there. The morning rush looks much like Oklahoma's: 51.9% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 50.4% there. About 1 in 6 commuters (16.1%) 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 Creek 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 Creek 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 Creek 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
Creek County
Oklahoma
United States
2009
7:25 AM
7:39 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:26 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:24 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:24 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:26 AM
7:36 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:24 AM
7:35 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:22 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:19 AM
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:19 AM
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:14 AM
7:34 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:14 AM
7:34 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:13 AM
7:34 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:15 AM
7:34 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:15 AM
7:34 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:17 AM
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:18 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Creek County were on the road by 7:18 AM, 7 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:25 AM). The shift is sharper than across Oklahoma, where the typical start moved 4 minutes earlier. Commuters in Creek County now leave 20 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 Creek County has moved 5 minutes later.
How does Creek County's commute time compare?
Metric
Creek County
Oklahoma
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
24.0 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
10.1%
9.4%
15.0%
Walked
0.7%
1.8%
2.4%
Public Transit
< 0.1%
0.3%
3.2%
The average commute time in Creek County is 24.0 minutes, longer than the 19.0 minutes in Oklahoma.
0.1% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.3% in Oklahoma. 0.7% commute by walking, lower than the 1.8% in Oklahoma.
Creek County, OK Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Creek County, OK is the 2nd largest of the 6 counties compared here, 72,818 residents against a local median of 34,218. Where Creek County, OK breaks from the counties next to it is one-way commute, sitting 28% above the local median of 18.8 min at 24.0 min. That is the weaker end of the local range on this measure.
Work from home tells the same story from another angle: 10.1% against a local median of 8.4%, 20% above it. The counties themselves spread 9.5 min on one-way commute, so Creek County, OK sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Creek County, OK has the 4th lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Creek County, Oklahoma.
Is living in Creek County, Oklahoma good for avoiding long commute costs?
Commuters here spend an estimated 200 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $6,187 at a typical national wage. That's 26% more than the typical Oklahoma commuter spends.
When is peak congestion during the morning commute in Creek County, Oklahoma?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Creek 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 common is public transit use in Creek County, Oklahoma?
Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.1% of commuters use it versus 0.3% in Oklahoma, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.
Which counties in Oklahoma have the fastest and slowest commutes?
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).