Harper County Commute Time Map & Patterns

Commute Time Burden in Harper County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Harper County spend about 22 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 92 hours, about 3.8 full days, spent commuting. That is 42% less time on the road than the Oklahoma average of 19.0 minutes each way, a difference of 7.9 minutes.

Harper County holds about 0.1% of Oklahoma's population but accounts for roughly 0.0% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Harper County would save about 37 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,144 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)
Harper County	11.1 min	22.1 min	92 hrs/yr	$2,859	138
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.

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On average, it takes 11.1 minutes to get to work in Harper County. That's 51% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Faster than 93% 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 other means. About 1.3% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Harper County

• Car: 96.4%
• Other: 2.0%
• Worked at Home: 1.3% unusually low
• Walked: 0.2% unusually low
• Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
• Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low
• Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low
• Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low

Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Harper County, versus 0.1% in Oklahoma.

Walking is unusually rare in Harper County: 8.8 times less than the Oklahoma average (0.2% vs 1.8%).

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

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

Working from home is unusually rare in Harper County: 7.0 times less than the Oklahoma average (1.3% vs 9.4%).

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

Few people walk or bike to work in Harper County: just 0.2%, 9.8 times below the Oklahoma average of 2.0%.

Commute Mode Trends in Harper County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Harper 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.

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• Other
• Worked at Home
• Walked
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• Taxi
• Motorcycle
• Bicycle

Show commute mode data by year

Year	Car	Other	Worked at Home	Walked	Public Transportation	Taxi	Motorcycle	Bicycle
2009	90.2%	1.4%	3.5%	4.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.4%	0.0%
2010	89.7%	0.7%	3.7%	5.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.4%	0.0%
2011	91.6%	0.9%	2.9%	4.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.3%	0.0%
2012	91.5%	1.5%	3.0%	3.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%
2013	92.6%	1.0%	4.1%	2.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2014	91.8%	1.0%	3.7%	3.4%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2015	92.3%	1.3%	3.0%	3.4%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2016	91.3%	1.0%	2.8%	4.8%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2017	90.7%	1.1%	1.9%	5.8%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2018	89.9%	0.4%	5.0%	4.0%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2019	92.8%	0.7%	5.7%	0.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2020	93.6%	0.3%	5.1%	1.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2021	93.0%	1.2%	4.6%	1.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2022	94.9%	0.8%	3.7%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	94.8%	1.5%	2.2%	1.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	96.4%	2.0%	1.3%	0.2%	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 bottomed out in 2010 at 89.7%. Overall it rose from 90.2% in 2009 to 96.4% in 2024, up 6.2 percentage points. It has risen in the latest release.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 4.4% to 0.2% of workers (down 4.2 percentage points).

Working from home overtook walking to become the 3rd most common choice in the 2018 release and has stayed ahead since.

Working from home peaked at 5.7% in 2019 and has since fallen back to 1.3%.

Commute Start Times in Harper County

• 🚦 Rush-Hour RegularsThe 2nd-highest share of rush-hour departures among Oklahoma's 77 counties: 64.4% of commuters leave between 6:30 and 8:29 AM.
• 🛌 Hitting SnoozeThe 3rd-biggest shift to later mornings among Oklahoma's 77 counties: the typical start is 9 minutes later than in 2009.

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Harper County?

The bars show when commuters in Harper 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 AM Harper County0.4% Oklahoma5.3%	0.4%
5:00-5:29 AM	5:00-5:29 AM Harper County7.8% Oklahoma3.7%	7.8%
5:30-5:59 AM	5:30-5:59 AM Harper County4.2% Oklahoma4.8%	4.2%
6:00-6:29 AM	6:00-6:29 AM Harper County8.1% Oklahoma8.5%	8.1%
6:30-6:59 AM	6:30-6:59 AM Harper County9.4% Oklahoma10.0%	9.4%
7:00-7:29 AM	7:00-7:29 AM Harper County19.3% Oklahoma15.2%	19.3%
7:30-7:59 AM	7:30-7:59 AM Harper County23.1% Oklahoma14.5%	23.1%
8:00-8:29 AM	8:00-8:29 AM Harper County12.5% Oklahoma10.7%	12.5%
8:30-8:59 AM	8:30-8:59 AM Harper County5.6% Oklahoma4.8%	5.6%
9:00-9:59 AM	9:00-9:59 AM Harper County2.3% Oklahoma5.7%	2.3%
10:00-10:59 AM	10:00-10:59 AM Harper County0.1% Oklahoma2.7%	0.1%
11:00-11:59 AM	11:00-11:59 AM Harper County0.0% Oklahoma1.2%	0.0%
12:00-3:59 PM	12:00-3:59 PM Harper County2.0% Oklahoma6.2%	2.0%
4:00-11:59 PM	4:00-11:59 PM Harper County5.2% Oklahoma6.6%	5.2%

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

The busiest time to head out in Harper County is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 23.1% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.5% across Oklahoma. Early starts are less common than in Oklahoma: 12.4% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 13.9% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Oklahoma: 64.4% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 50.4% there. About 1 in 11 commuters (9.5%) 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 Harper 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 Harper 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 Harper 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.

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• United States

Show typical departure times by year

Year	Harper County	Oklahoma	United States
2009	7:22 AM	7:39 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:25 AM	7:38 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:23 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:27 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:34 AM	7:36 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:31 AM	7:35 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:26 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:28 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:27 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:18 AM	7:34 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:06 AM	7:34 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:20 AM	7:34 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:18 AM	7:34 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:21 AM	7:34 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:26 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:31 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Harper County were on the road by 7:31 AM, 9 minutes later than in 2009 (7:22 AM). That goes against the trend across Oklahoma, where the typical commuter now leaves 4 minutes earlier than in 2009. Commuters in Harper County now leave 7 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 Harper County has moved 25 minutes later.

How does Harper County's commute time compare?

Metric	Harper County	Oklahoma	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	11.1 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	1.3%	9.4%	15.0%
Walked	0.2%	1.8%	2.4%
Public Transit	< 0.1%	0.3%	3.2%

The average commute time in Harper County is 11.1 minutes, shorter than the 19.0 minutes in Oklahoma.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.3% in Oklahoma. 0.2% commute by walking, lower than the 1.8% in Oklahoma.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau