Commuting in Garfield 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 Garfield County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Garfield County spend about 27 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 112 hours, about 4.7 full days, spent commuting. That is 29% less time on the road than the Oklahoma average of 19.0 minutes each way, a difference of 5.5 minutes.
Garfield County holds about 1.5% of Oklahoma's population but accounts for roughly 1.1% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Garfield County would save about 45 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,390 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)
Garfield County
13.5 min
26.9 min
112 hrs/yr
$3,475
506
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
13.5
minutes to get to work in
Garfield County.
That's 40% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Faster than 87% 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 4.6% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Garfield County
Car:
92.5%
Worked at Home:
4.6%
Walked:
1.4%
Other:
0.5%
Bicycle:
0.4%
Public Transportation:
0.3%
Taxi:
0.1%
Motorcycle:
0.1%
Commute Mode Trends in Garfield County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Garfield 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
Bicycle
Public Transportation
Taxi
Motorcycle
2009
94.0%
2.1%
1.2%
1.9%
0.2%
0.1%
0.1%
0.4%
2010
93.5%
2.4%
1.3%
1.7%
0.2%
0.6%
0.0%
0.3%
2011
93.5%
2.8%
1.6%
1.3%
0.1%
0.4%
0.0%
0.4%
2012
94.1%
2.6%
1.5%
1.1%
0.1%
0.3%
0.0%
0.4%
2013
94.6%
2.4%
1.6%
0.7%
0.1%
0.4%
0.0%
0.2%
2014
94.0%
3.1%
1.4%
0.6%
0.3%
0.4%
0.0%
0.3%
2015
94.3%
2.8%
1.6%
0.5%
0.3%
0.2%
0.0%
0.3%
2016
94.4%
2.8%
1.2%
0.8%
0.3%
0.3%
0.0%
0.3%
2017
93.8%
2.8%
1.1%
1.2%
0.5%
0.3%
0.0%
0.3%
2018
93.0%
3.3%
1.0%
1.1%
0.7%
0.4%
0.0%
0.5%
2019
93.3%
2.9%
1.1%
1.5%
0.4%
0.3%
0.0%
0.5%
2020
92.4%
4.0%
1.1%
1.1%
0.5%
0.4%
0.0%
0.5%
2021
91.2%
3.8%
1.1%
2.4%
0.7%
0.2%
0.1%
0.4%
2022
92.6%
4.4%
1.3%
0.5%
0.4%
0.3%
0.2%
0.3%
2023
93.5%
4.2%
1.2%
0.4%
0.4%
0.1%
0.1%
0.1%
2024
92.5%
4.6%
1.4%
0.5%
0.4%
0.3%
0.1%
0.1%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share was highest in 2013 at 94.6% and lowest in 2021 at 91.2%. Overall it fell from 94.0% in 2009 to 92.5% in 2024, down 1.5 percentage points. It has fallen in the latest release.
Working from home gained the most ground in Garfield County: its share of workers rose from 2.1% in 2009 to 4.6% in 2024, up 2.5 percentage points. Most of that increase, 1.7 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Commute Start Times in Garfield County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Garfield County?
The bars show when commuters in Garfield 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 AMGarfield County4.9%Oklahoma5.3%
4.9%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMGarfield County4.3%Oklahoma3.7%
4.3%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMGarfield County4.9%Oklahoma4.8%
4.9%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMGarfield County7.9%Oklahoma8.5%
7.9%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMGarfield County10.1%Oklahoma10.0%
10.1%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMGarfield County13.5%Oklahoma15.2%
13.5%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMGarfield County17.6%Oklahoma14.5%
17.6%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMGarfield County9.1%Oklahoma10.7%
9.1%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMGarfield County3.8%Oklahoma4.8%
3.8%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMGarfield County3.9%Oklahoma5.7%
3.9%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMGarfield County3.9%Oklahoma2.7%
3.9%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMGarfield County1.3%Oklahoma1.2%
1.3%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMGarfield County7.2%Oklahoma6.2%
7.2%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMGarfield County7.6%Oklahoma6.6%
7.6%
Garfield CountyOklahomaSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Garfield County is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 17.6% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.5% across Oklahoma. Early starts are about as common as in Oklahoma: 14.1% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 13.9% there. The morning rush looks much like Oklahoma's: 50.3% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 50.4% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (23.9%) 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 Garfield 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 Garfield 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 Garfield 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
Garfield County
Oklahoma
United States
2009
7:39 AM
7:39 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:39 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:40 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:39 AM
7:36 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:38 AM
7:35 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:35 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:30 AM
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:30 AM
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:27 AM
7:34 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:25 AM
7:34 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:31 AM
7:34 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:34 AM
7:34 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:36 AM
7:34 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:38 AM
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:38 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Garfield County were on the road by 7:38 AM, 2 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:39 AM). Across Oklahoma the shift was bigger still, with the typical start moving 4 minutes earlier. Commuters in Garfield County now leave at about the same time as the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). Since the 2019 release, which covers the years just before the pandemic, the typical start in Garfield County has moved 12 minutes later.
How does Garfield County's commute time compare?
Metric
Garfield County
Oklahoma
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
13.5 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
4.6%
9.4%
15.0%
Walked
1.4%
1.8%
2.4%
Public Transit
0.3%
0.3%
3.2%
The average commute time in Garfield County is 13.5 minutes, shorter than the 19.0 minutes in Oklahoma.
The share of commuters using public transit is about the same as Oklahoma. 1.4% commute by walking, lower than the 1.8% in Oklahoma.
Garfield County, OK Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Garfield County, OK is the largest of the 6 counties compared here, 62,146 residents against a local median of 10,897. The measure that sets Garfield County, OK apart most is work from home: 4.6%, 29% below the local median of 6.5%.
One-way commute tells the same story from another angle: 13.5 min against a local median of 16.5 min, 18% below it. The one measure here that carries a verdict is one-way commute, and at 18% below the local median it puts Garfield County, OK at the better end of the local range. The counties themselves spread 6.7% on work from home, so Garfield County, OK sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Garfield County, OK has the 5th highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Garfield County, Oklahoma.
What is the financial impact of commuting in Garfield County, Oklahoma?
Commuters here spend an estimated 112 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $3,475 at a typical national wage. That's 29% less than the typical Oklahoma commuter spends.
What are the busiest morning travel hours in Garfield County, Oklahoma?
Traffic peaks between 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM in Garfield 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.
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).