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Delaware County Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Delaware 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 Delaware County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Delaware County spend about 47 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 195 hours, about 8.1 full days, spent commuting. That is 23% more time on the road than the Oklahoma average of 19.0 minutes each way, a difference of 4.4 minutes.

Delaware County holds about 1.0% of Oklahoma's population but accounts for roughly 1.3% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Delaware County would save about 78 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,415 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)
Delaware County 23.4 min 46.8 min 195 hrs/yr $6,039 969
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

Delaware County
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Average commute time

On average, it takes 23.4 minutes to get to work in Delaware County. That's 4% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Slower than 88% 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 9.4% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Delaware County

  • Car: 87.1%
  • Worked at Home: 9.4%
  • Other: 1.7%
  • Walked: 1.6%
  • Bicycle: < 0.1%
  • Motorcycle: < 0.1%
  • Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low

Public transit is essentially absent in Delaware County, versus 0.3% in Oklahoma.

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

Commute Mode Trends in Delaware County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Delaware 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 Motorcycle Bicycle Public Transportation Taxi
2009 90.6% 5.2% 1.0% 2.6% 0.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2010 89.1% 6.6% 1.0% 2.6% 0.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2011 89.2% 6.8% 0.9% 2.3% 0.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2012 90.4% 5.6% 1.2% 2.1% 0.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2013 91.0% 5.0% 1.3% 2.4% 0.2% 0.0% 0.1% 0.0%
2014 91.1% 4.7% 1.4% 2.5% 0.3% 0.0% 0.1% 0.0%
2015 91.7% 3.7% 1.3% 2.8% 0.3% 0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
2016 92.3% 3.3% 1.4% 2.6% 0.2% 0.1% 0.1% 0.1%
2017 91.8% 3.4% 1.3% 2.7% 0.4% 0.1% 0.1% 0.1%
2018 92.4% 3.8% 0.8% 2.5% 0.2% 0.1% 0.1% 0.1%
2019 92.2% 4.1% 1.2% 2.0% 0.2% 0.1% 0.1% 0.1%
2020 89.5% 7.0% 1.5% 1.7% 0.2% 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
2021 88.8% 7.2% 1.7% 2.0% 0.2% 0.1% 0.1% 0.0%
2022 88.3% 8.0% 1.6% 2.0% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2023 88.4% 8.1% 1.8% 1.6% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2024 87.1% 9.4% 1.7% 1.6% 0.1% 0.1% 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 2018 at 92.4%. Overall it fell from 90.6% in 2009 to 87.1% in 2024, down 3.5 percentage points. It has fallen in the latest release.

Working from home gained the most ground in Delaware County: its share of workers rose from 5.2% in 2009 to 9.4% in 2024, up 4.2 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 2.6% to 1.6% of workers (down 1.0 percentage points).

Commute Start Times in Delaware County

  • Rush-Hour DodgersThe 2nd-lowest share of rush-hour departures among Oklahoma's 77 counties: only 43.1% of commuters leave between 6:30 and 8:29 AM.

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Delaware County?

The bars show when commuters in Delaware 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
8.3%
5:00-5:29 AM
5.6%
5:30-5:59 AM
6.1%
6:00-6:29 AM
9.8%
6:30-6:59 AM
8.6%
7:00-7:29 AM
14.3%
7:30-7:59 AM
12.2%
8:00-8:29 AM
8.1%
8:30-8:59 AM
3.3%
9:00-9:59 AM
5.2%
10:00-10:59 AM
2.4%
11:00-11:59 AM
1.5%
12:00-3:59 PM
7.1%
4:00-11:59 PM
7.6%

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

The busiest time to head out in Delaware 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: 20.0% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 13.9% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Oklahoma: 43.1% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 50.4% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (23.8%) 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 Delaware 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 Delaware 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 Delaware 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 Delaware County Oklahoma United States
2009 7:39 AM 7:39 AM 7:37 AM
2010 7:34 AM 7:38 AM 7:38 AM
2011 7:29 AM 7:37 AM 7:38 AM
2012 7:27 AM 7:37 AM 7:38 AM
2013 7:36 AM 7:36 AM 7:39 AM
2014 7:34 AM 7:35 AM 7:39 AM
2015 7:33 AM 7:35 AM 7:38 AM
2016 7:34 AM 7:34 AM 7:38 AM
2017 7:34 AM 7:34 AM 7:38 AM
2018 7:30 AM 7:34 AM 7:37 AM
2019 7:28 AM 7:34 AM 7:37 AM
2020 7:32 AM 7:34 AM 7:37 AM
2021 7:28 AM 7:34 AM 7:37 AM
2022 7:24 AM 7:34 AM 7:37 AM
2023 7:24 AM 7:34 AM 7:38 AM
2024 7:24 AM 7:35 AM 7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Delaware County were on the road by 7:24 AM, 14 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:39 AM). The shift is sharper than across Oklahoma, where the typical start moved 4 minutes earlier. Commuters in Delaware County now leave 13 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 Delaware County has moved 4 minutes earlier.

How does Delaware County's commute time compare?

Metric Delaware County Oklahoma US Average
Avg. Commute Time 23.4 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 9.4% 9.4% 15.0%
Walked 1.6% 1.8% 2.4%
Public Transit < 0.1% 0.3% 3.2%

The average commute time in Delaware County is 23.4 minutes, longer than the 19.0 minutes in Oklahoma.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.3% in Oklahoma. 1.6% commute by walking, lower than the 1.8% in Oklahoma.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Delaware County, OK Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Delaware County, OK is the 2nd largest of the 6 counties compared here, 41,279 residents against a local median of 30,341. Delaware County, OK's one-way commute, at 23.4 min, runs 32% above the 17.7 min typical of the counties around it. That is the weaker end of the local range on this measure.

Work from home tells the same story from another angle: 9.4% against a local median of 8.1%, 17% above it. The counties themselves spread 6.9 min on one-way commute, so Delaware County, OK sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Delaware County, OK has the 5th lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.

Area Population One-way commute Work from home Typical departure
Delaware County, OK 41,279 23.4 min #5/6 9.4% #2/6 7:24 AM #3/6
Ottawa County, OK 30,341 16.9 min 4.9% 7:29 AM
Mayes County, OK 39,594 21.4 min 8.1% 7:12 AM
McDonald County, MO 23,701 23.8 min 8.1% 7:14 AM
Craig County, OK 14,302 17.6 min 10.5% 7:30 AM
Cherokee County, OK 47,942 17.7 min 7.8% 7:34 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Delaware County, Oklahoma.

How much does the average commute cost workers in Delaware County, Oklahoma?

Commuters here spend an estimated 195 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $6,039 at a typical national wage. That's 23% more than the typical Oklahoma commuter spends.

When is rush hour worst in Delaware County, Oklahoma?

Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Delaware 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.

Do people use public transit in Delaware 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).