Commuting in Grady 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 Grady County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Grady 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 194 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.
Grady County holds about 1.4% of Oklahoma's population but accounts for roughly 1.7% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Grady County would save about 78 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,411 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)
Grady County
23.3 min
46.7 min
194 hrs/yr
$6,027
1,243
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
23.3
minutes to get to work in
Grady County.
That's 4% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Slower than 87% 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 7.5% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Grady County
Car:
89.8%
Worked at Home:
7.5%
Walked:
1.4%
Other:
0.9%
Motorcycle:
0.3%
Bicycle:
< 0.1%
Public Transportation:
< 0.1%unusually low
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Public transit is essentially absent in Grady County, versus 0.3% in Oklahoma.
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Grady County, versus 0.1% in Oklahoma.
Commute Mode Trends in Grady County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Grady 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
Motorcycle
Bicycle
Public Transportation
Taxi
2009
91.3%
4.3%
1.6%
1.8%
0.2%
0.3%
0.6%
0.0%
2010
92.2%
4.8%
1.0%
1.3%
0.3%
0.0%
0.4%
0.0%
2011
93.0%
4.2%
1.0%
1.2%
0.2%
0.1%
0.4%
0.0%
2012
93.3%
3.9%
1.1%
1.0%
0.2%
0.0%
0.4%
0.0%
2013
93.6%
3.5%
1.1%
1.0%
0.3%
0.1%
0.3%
0.0%
2014
94.0%
3.2%
1.2%
1.0%
0.3%
0.1%
0.2%
0.0%
2015
94.3%
2.7%
1.5%
1.0%
0.2%
0.1%
0.2%
0.0%
2016
94.4%
3.1%
1.2%
0.9%
0.2%
0.1%
0.1%
0.0%
2017
94.3%
3.3%
1.2%
0.8%
0.2%
0.1%
0.1%
0.0%
2018
94.0%
3.8%
1.2%
0.7%
0.1%
0.1%
0.1%
0.0%
2019
94.3%
3.8%
0.8%
0.7%
0.1%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
2020
93.9%
4.3%
0.6%
0.9%
0.1%
0.1%
0.1%
0.0%
2021
93.0%
5.1%
0.7%
0.9%
0.2%
0.1%
0.1%
0.0%
2022
91.1%
6.5%
0.9%
1.0%
0.4%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
2023
90.3%
6.8%
1.3%
1.1%
0.3%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
2024
89.8%
7.5%
1.4%
0.9%
0.3%
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 2016 at 94.4%. Overall it fell from 91.3% in 2009 to 89.8% in 2024, down 1.5 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 5 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Grady County: its share of workers rose from 4.3% in 2009 to 7.5% in 2024, up 3.2 percentage points. Most of that increase, 3.7 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 0.6% to 0.0% of workers (down 0.6 percentage points).
Commute Start Times in Grady County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Grady County?
The bars show when commuters in Grady 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 AMGrady County4.6%Oklahoma5.3%
4.6%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMGrady County3.8%Oklahoma3.7%
3.8%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMGrady County5.0%Oklahoma4.8%
5.0%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMGrady County9.9%Oklahoma8.5%
9.9%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMGrady County9.1%Oklahoma10.0%
9.1%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMGrady County21.0%Oklahoma15.2%
21.0%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMGrady County14.7%Oklahoma14.5%
14.7%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMGrady County8.4%Oklahoma10.7%
8.4%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMGrady County3.4%Oklahoma4.8%
3.4%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMGrady County4.5%Oklahoma5.7%
4.5%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMGrady County2.2%Oklahoma2.7%
2.2%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMGrady County1.6%Oklahoma1.2%
1.6%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMGrady County5.5%Oklahoma6.2%
5.5%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMGrady County6.4%Oklahoma6.6%
6.4%
Grady CountyOklahomaSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Grady County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 21.0% of commuters leave home, compared with 15.2% across Oklahoma. Early starts are about as common as in Oklahoma: 13.4% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 13.9% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Oklahoma: 53.1% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 50.4% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (20.1%) 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 Grady 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 Grady 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 Grady 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
Grady County
Oklahoma
United States
2009
7:23 AM
7:39 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:20 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:19 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:20 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:20 AM
7:36 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:21 AM
7:35 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:24 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:25 AM
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:23 AM
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:23 AM
7:34 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:22 AM
7:34 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:19 AM
7:34 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:21 AM
7:34 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:25 AM
7:34 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:25 AM
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:25 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Grady County were on the road by 7:25 AM, 2 minutes later than in 2009 (7:23 AM). That goes against the trend across Oklahoma, where the typical commuter now leaves 4 minutes earlier than in 2009. Commuters in Grady 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 Grady County has moved 3 minutes later.
How does Grady County's commute time compare?
Metric
Grady County
Oklahoma
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
23.3 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
7.5%
9.4%
15.0%
Walked
1.4%
1.8%
2.4%
Public Transit
< 0.1%
0.3%
3.2%
The average commute time in Grady County is 23.3 minutes, longer than the 19.0 minutes in Oklahoma.
0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.3% in Oklahoma. 1.4% commute by walking, lower than the 1.8% in Oklahoma.
Grady County, OK Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Grady County, OK is the 3rd largest of the 6 counties compared here, 56,605 residents against a local median of 45,273. The measure that sets Grady County, OK apart most is work from home: 7.5%, 22% below the local median of 9.6%.
The counties themselves spread 6.1% on work from home, so Grady County, OK sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Grady County, OK has the 4th highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Grady County, Oklahoma.
How much does the average commute cost workers in Grady County, Oklahoma?
Commuters here spend an estimated 194 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $6,027 at a typical national wage. That's 23% more than the typical Oklahoma commuter spends.
When is rush hour worst in Grady County, Oklahoma?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Grady 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 Grady 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).