Hughes County Commute Time Map & Patterns

Commute Time Burden in Hughes County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Hughes County spend about 43 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 178 hours, about 7.4 full days, spent commuting. That is 13% more time on the road than the Oklahoma average of 19.0 minutes each way, a difference of 2.4 minutes.

Hughes County holds about 0.3% of Oklahoma's population but accounts for roughly 0.4% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Hughes County would save about 71 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,213 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)
Hughes County	21.4 min	42.8 min	178 hrs/yr	$5,533	434
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 21.4 minutes to get to work in Hughes County. That's 4% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Slower than 76% 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 13.0% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Hughes County

• Car: 84.4%
• Worked at Home: 13.0%
• Walked: 2.2%
• Other: 0.2%
• Public Transportation: 0.2%
• Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
• Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low
• Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low

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

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

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

Commute Mode Trends in Hughes County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Hughes 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.

• Car
• Worked at Home
• Walked
• Public Transportation
• Other
• Taxi
• Motorcycle
• Bicycle

Show commute mode data by year

Year	Car	Worked at Home	Walked	Public Transportation	Other	Taxi	Motorcycle	Bicycle
2009	89.1%	5.8%	2.9%	0.3%	1.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.6%
2010	90.6%	5.4%	2.5%	0.3%	0.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.3%
2011	92.1%	5.1%	2.0%	0.1%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2012	91.4%	5.7%	2.2%	0.0%	0.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2013	90.4%	5.9%	1.9%	0.8%	0.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2014	89.1%	7.5%	1.9%	0.8%	0.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2015	86.7%	9.4%	2.1%	0.7%	0.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%
2016	85.9%	9.8%	2.3%	0.9%	0.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%
2017	84.6%	10.4%	2.2%	1.2%	1.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.3%
2018	86.5%	9.7%	1.8%	0.2%	1.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.3%
2019	87.9%	8.2%	2.4%	0.3%	0.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0.3%
2020	88.4%	8.7%	2.1%	0.0%	0.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2021	86.6%	9.8%	2.6%	0.0%	1.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2022	86.9%	10.7%	2.1%	0.0%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	85.5%	11.2%	2.9%	0.1%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	84.4%	13.0%	2.2%	0.2%	0.2%	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 peaked in 2011 at 92.1%. Overall it fell from 89.1% in 2009 to 84.4% in 2024, down 4.7 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 2 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Hughes County: its share of workers rose from 5.8% in 2009 to 13.0% in 2024, up 7.2 percentage points. Most of that increase, 4.8 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 2.9% to 2.2% of workers (down 0.7 percentage points).

Commute Start Times in Hughes County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Hughes County?

The bars show when commuters in Hughes 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 Hughes County4.5% Oklahoma5.3%	4.5%
5:00-5:29 AM	5:00-5:29 AM Hughes County1.2% Oklahoma3.7%	1.2%
5:30-5:59 AM	5:30-5:59 AM Hughes County3.9% Oklahoma4.8%	3.9%
6:00-6:29 AM	6:00-6:29 AM Hughes County13.3% Oklahoma8.5%	13.3%
6:30-6:59 AM	6:30-6:59 AM Hughes County16.0% Oklahoma10.0%	16.0%
7:00-7:29 AM	7:00-7:29 AM Hughes County20.3% Oklahoma15.2%	20.3%
7:30-7:59 AM	7:30-7:59 AM Hughes County17.4% Oklahoma14.5%	17.4%
8:00-8:29 AM	8:00-8:29 AM Hughes County5.9% Oklahoma10.7%	5.9%
8:30-8:59 AM	8:30-8:59 AM Hughes County1.9% Oklahoma4.8%	1.9%
9:00-9:59 AM	9:00-9:59 AM Hughes County4.1% Oklahoma5.7%	4.1%
10:00-10:59 AM	10:00-10:59 AM Hughes County0.8% Oklahoma2.7%	0.8%
11:00-11:59 AM	11:00-11:59 AM Hughes County1.2% Oklahoma1.2%	1.2%
12:00-3:59 PM	12:00-3:59 PM Hughes County3.0% Oklahoma6.2%	3.0%
4:00-11:59 PM	4:00-11:59 PM Hughes County6.4% Oklahoma6.6%	6.4%

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

The busiest time to head out in Hughes County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 20.3% of commuters leave home, compared with 15.2% across Oklahoma. Early starts are less common than in Oklahoma: 9.5% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 13.9% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Oklahoma: 59.6% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 50.4% there. About 1 in 6 commuters (15.6%) 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 Hughes 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 Hughes 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 Hughes 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.

• Hughes County
• Oklahoma
• United States

Show typical departure times by year

Year	Hughes County	Oklahoma	United States
2009	7:30 AM	7:39 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:28 AM	7:38 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:30 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:29 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:30 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	7:30 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:26 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:21 AM	7:34 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:17 AM	7:34 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:16 AM	7:34 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:14 AM	7:34 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:16 AM	7:34 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:18 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:17 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Hughes County were on the road by 7:17 AM, 13 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:30 AM). The shift is sharper than across Oklahoma, where the typical start moved 4 minutes earlier. Commuters in Hughes County now leave 21 minutes earlier than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM).

How does Hughes County's commute time compare?

Metric	Hughes County	Oklahoma	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	21.4 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	13.0%	9.4%	15.0%
Walked	2.2%	1.8%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.2%	0.3%	3.2%

The average commute time in Hughes County is 21.4 minutes, longer than the 19.0 minutes in Oklahoma.

0.2% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.3% in Oklahoma. 2.2% commute by walking, higher than the 1.8% in Oklahoma.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau