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Commuting in Custer 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 Custer County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Custer County spend about 24 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 100 hours, about 4.1 full days, spent commuting. That is 37% less time on the road than the Oklahoma average of 19.0 minutes each way, a difference of 7.0 minutes.

Custer County holds about 0.7% of Oklahoma's population but accounts for roughly 0.4% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Custer County would save about 40 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,235 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)
Custer County 12.0 min 23.9 min 100 hrs/yr $3,087 564
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.

Commute Time Map: Oklahoma Counties

Fastest commutes among counties in Oklahoma
  1. Cimarron County (4.8 min)
  2. Woods County (8.5 min)
  3. Harmon County (8.8 min)
Slowest commutes among counties in Oklahoma
  1. Cotton County (30.4 min)
  2. Logan County (28.5 min)
  3. Lincoln County (28.0 min)

Compare commute times among different counties

Custer County
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Average commute time

On average, it takes 12.0 minutes to get to work in Custer County. That's 47% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Faster than 91% of counties in Oklahoma

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 3.9% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Custer County

  • Car: 92.9%
  • Worked at Home: 3.9%
  • Walked: 2.7%
  • Other: 0.6%
  • 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 Custer County, versus 0.1% in Oklahoma.

Public transit is unusually rare in Custer County: 18.6 times less than the Oklahoma average (0.0% vs 0.3%).

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

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

Commute Mode Trends in Custer County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Custer 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 Motorcycle Bicycle
2009 92.8% 2.6% 3.1% 0.6% 0.2% 0.0% 0.1% 0.7%
2010 92.9% 3.2% 2.8% 0.5% 0.2% 0.0% 0.1% 0.3%
2011 93.1% 3.4% 2.2% 0.5% 0.2% 0.0% 0.2% 0.3%
2012 93.7% 3.2% 1.8% 0.4% 0.2% 0.0% 0.2% 0.4%
2013 93.5% 3.6% 2.2% 0.3% 0.1% 0.0% 0.3% 0.0%
2014 93.8% 3.2% 2.4% 0.3% 0.1% 0.0% 0.1% 0.0%
2015 93.5% 3.4% 2.6% 0.2% 0.2% 0.0% 0.1% 0.0%
2016 93.4% 3.8% 2.3% 0.2% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 93.1% 4.3% 2.1% 0.2% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1%
2018 92.7% 4.6% 2.3% 0.3% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1%
2019 92.5% 4.4% 2.5% 0.3% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1%
2020 94.0% 3.6% 2.0% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1%
2021 94.4% 3.0% 2.2% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1%
2022 93.7% 3.0% 2.9% 0.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2023 93.3% 3.5% 2.6% 0.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2024 92.9% 3.9% 2.7% 0.6% 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. Its share was highest in 2021 at 94.4% and lowest in 2019 at 92.5%. Overall it held roughly steady, at 92.8% in 2009 and 92.9% in 2024. It has fallen in each of the last 3 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Custer County: its share of workers rose from 2.6% in 2009 to 3.9% in 2024, up 1.3 percentage points.

Biking lost the most ground, falling from 0.7% to 0.0% of workers (down 0.7 percentage points).

Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2010 release and has stayed ahead since.

Commute Start Times in Custer County

  • Night OwlThe 2nd-latest start among Oklahoma's 77 counties: half of commuters are still at home at 7:49 AM.
  • Sleeping InThe 2nd-highest share of 9 AM-or-later starts among Oklahoma's 77 counties: 28.3% of commuters leave at 9 AM or later.

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Custer County?

The bars show when commuters in Custer 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
6.8%
5:00-5:29 AM
2.4%
5:30-5:59 AM
2.9%
6:00-6:29 AM
6.4%
6:30-6:59 AM
7.0%
7:00-7:29 AM
13.6%
7:30-7:59 AM
17.0%
8:00-8:29 AM
11.4%
8:30-8:59 AM
4.2%
9:00-9:59 AM
8.6%
10:00-10:59 AM
3.9%
11:00-11:59 AM
0.6%
12:00-3:59 PM
8.8%
4:00-11:59 PM
6.4%

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

The busiest time to head out in Custer County is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 17.0% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.5% across Oklahoma. Early starts are less common than in Oklahoma: 12.0% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 13.9% there. The morning rush looks much like Oklahoma's: 49.1% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 50.4% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (28.3%) 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 Custer 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 Custer 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 Custer 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 Custer County Oklahoma United States
2009 7:52 AM 7:39 AM 7:37 AM
2010 7:52 AM 7:38 AM 7:38 AM
2011 7:50 AM 7:37 AM 7:38 AM
2012 7:53 AM 7:37 AM 7:38 AM
2013 7:53 AM 7:36 AM 7:39 AM
2014 7:53 AM 7:35 AM 7:39 AM
2015 7:51 AM 7:35 AM 7:38 AM
2016 7:48 AM 7:34 AM 7:38 AM
2017 7:45 AM 7:34 AM 7:38 AM
2018 7:46 AM 7:34 AM 7:37 AM
2019 7:44 AM 7:34 AM 7:37 AM
2020 7:49 AM 7:34 AM 7:37 AM
2021 7:49 AM 7:34 AM 7:37 AM
2022 7:49 AM 7:34 AM 7:37 AM
2023 7:50 AM 7:34 AM 7:38 AM
2024 7:49 AM 7:35 AM 7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Custer County were on the road by 7:49 AM, 2 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:52 AM). Oklahoma followed the same path, with the typical start moving 4 minutes earlier. Commuters in Custer County now leave 11 minutes 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 Custer County has moved 5 minutes later.

How does Custer County's commute time compare?

Metric Custer County Oklahoma US Average
Avg. Commute Time 12.0 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 3.9% 9.4% 15.0%
Walked 2.7% 1.8% 2.4%
Public Transit < 0.1% 0.3% 3.2%

The average commute time in Custer County is 12.0 minutes, shorter than the 19.0 minutes in Oklahoma.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.3% in Oklahoma. 2.7% commute by walking, higher than the 1.8% in Oklahoma.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Custer County, OK Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Custer County, OK is the largest of the 6 counties compared here, 28,259 residents against a local median of 8,382. The measure that sets Custer County, OK apart most is work from home: 3.9%, 44% below the local median of 6.9%.

One-way commute tells the same story from another angle: 12.0 min against a local median of 17.9 min, 33% below it. The one measure here that carries a verdict is one-way commute, and at 33% below the local median it puts Custer County, OK at the better end of the local range. The counties themselves spread 6.0% on work from home, so Custer County, OK sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Custer County, OK has the 5th highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.

Area Population One-way commute Work from home Typical departure
Custer County, OK 28,259 12.0 min #1/6 3.9% #5/6 7:49 AM #6/6
Washita County, OK 10,815 18.3 min 7.1% 7:25 AM
Dewey County, OK 4,360 15.8 min 6.9% 7:24 AM
Blaine County, OK 8,570 15.0 min 2.6% 7:26 AM
Roger Mills County, OK 3,359 17.9 min 6.4% 7:28 AM
Kiowa County, OK 8,382 18.5 min 8.6% 7:24 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Custer County, Oklahoma.

Is living in Custer County, Oklahoma good for avoiding long commute costs?

Commuters here spend an estimated 100 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $3,087 at a typical national wage. That's 37% less than the typical Oklahoma commuter spends.

When is peak congestion during the morning commute in Custer County, Oklahoma?

Traffic peaks between 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM in Custer 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.

How common is public transit use in Custer 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.

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).