Commuting in Jackson 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 Jackson County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Jackson 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.
Jackson County holds about 0.6% of Oklahoma's population but accounts for roughly 0.4% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Jackson County would save about 37 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,142 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)
Jackson County
11.1 min
22.1 min
92 hrs/yr
$2,855
293
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
11.1
minutes to get to work in
Jackson County.
That's 51% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Among the top 5 fastest 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 5.4% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Jackson County
Car:
90.8%
Worked at Home:
5.4%
Walked:
1.7%
Other:
1.6%
Bicycle:
0.3%
Motorcycle:
0.3%
Public Transportation:
< 0.1%unusually low
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Public transit is unusually rare in Jackson County: 15.5 times less than the Oklahoma average (0.0% vs 0.3%).
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Jackson County, versus 0.1% in Oklahoma.
Commute Mode Trends in Jackson County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Jackson 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
89.5%
3.2%
3.8%
2.1%
0.5%
0.5%
0.0%
0.5%
2010
89.8%
2.7%
3.5%
2.1%
0.7%
0.6%
0.0%
0.7%
2011
89.6%
3.5%
3.7%
1.6%
0.4%
0.5%
0.0%
0.6%
2012
90.5%
2.9%
3.4%
1.7%
0.5%
0.3%
0.1%
0.6%
2013
92.6%
2.1%
3.0%
1.0%
0.3%
0.4%
0.1%
0.4%
2014
93.3%
2.2%
2.9%
0.8%
0.2%
0.1%
0.2%
0.3%
2015
94.1%
2.1%
2.3%
0.7%
0.0%
0.2%
0.2%
0.2%
2016
94.1%
1.8%
2.8%
0.7%
0.0%
0.3%
0.1%
0.0%
2017
94.5%
2.1%
2.2%
0.7%
0.1%
0.3%
0.1%
0.0%
2018
94.6%
2.4%
1.5%
1.0%
0.2%
0.4%
0.0%
0.0%
2019
94.0%
2.3%
1.7%
1.2%
0.2%
0.4%
0.0%
0.1%
2020
93.8%
3.2%
1.6%
0.8%
0.3%
0.2%
0.0%
0.1%
2021
94.3%
3.2%
1.0%
0.9%
0.3%
0.3%
0.0%
0.0%
2022
93.3%
3.4%
1.3%
1.3%
0.4%
0.3%
0.0%
0.1%
2023
90.6%
5.2%
2.0%
1.4%
0.4%
0.3%
0.0%
0.1%
2024
90.8%
5.4%
1.7%
1.6%
0.3%
0.3%
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 94.6%. Overall it rose from 89.5% in 2009 to 90.8% in 2024, up 1.3 percentage points.
Working from home gained the most ground in Jackson County: its share of workers rose from 3.2% in 2009 to 5.4% in 2024, up 2.2 percentage points. Most of that increase, 3.1 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 3.8% to 1.7% of workers (down 2.1 percentage points).
Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2018 release and has stayed ahead since.
Commute Start Times in Jackson County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Jackson County?
The bars show when commuters in Jackson 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 AMJackson County5.0%Oklahoma5.3%
5.0%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMJackson County2.3%Oklahoma3.7%
2.3%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMJackson County2.5%Oklahoma4.8%
2.5%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMJackson County8.8%Oklahoma8.5%
8.8%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMJackson County9.4%Oklahoma10.0%
9.4%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMJackson County15.2%Oklahoma15.2%
15.2%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMJackson County16.2%Oklahoma14.5%
16.2%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMJackson County13.5%Oklahoma10.7%
13.5%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMJackson County3.4%Oklahoma4.8%
3.4%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMJackson County3.5%Oklahoma5.7%
3.5%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMJackson County2.3%Oklahoma2.7%
2.3%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMJackson County0.9%Oklahoma1.2%
0.9%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMJackson County9.0%Oklahoma6.2%
9.0%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMJackson County7.9%Oklahoma6.6%
7.9%
Jackson CountyOklahomaSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Jackson County is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 16.2% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.5% across Oklahoma. Early starts are less common than in Oklahoma: 9.9% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 13.9% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Oklahoma: 54.3% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 50.4% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (23.7%) 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 Jackson 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 Jackson 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 Jackson 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
Jackson County
Oklahoma
United States
2009
7:35 AM
7:39 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:41 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:41 AM
7:36 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:38 AM
7:35 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:37 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:34 AM
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:35 AM
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:38 AM
7:34 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:36 AM
7:34 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:38 AM
7:34 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:39 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
7:43 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Jackson County were on the road by 7:43 AM, 7 minutes later than in 2009 (7:35 AM). That goes against the trend across Oklahoma, where the typical commuter now leaves 4 minutes earlier than in 2009. Commuters in Jackson County now leave 5 minutes later than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). Since the 2019 release, which covers the years just before the pandemic, the typical start in Jackson County has moved 7 minutes later. The 2024 release is the latest typical start for Jackson County in the whole series.
How does Jackson County's commute time compare?
Metric
Jackson 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
5.4%
9.4%
15.0%
Walked
1.7%
1.8%
2.4%
Public Transit
< 0.1%
0.3%
3.2%
The average commute time in Jackson 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. 1.7% commute by walking, lower than the 1.8% in Oklahoma.
Jackson County, OK Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Jackson County, OK is the largest of the 6 counties compared here, 24,678 residents against a local median of 5,488. Where Jackson County, OK breaks from the counties next to it is work from home, sitting 21% below the local median of 6.8% at 5.4%.
The counties themselves spread 6.7% on work from home, so Jackson County, OK sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Jackson County, OK has the 5th highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Jackson County, Oklahoma.
How much does the average commute cost workers in Jackson County, Oklahoma?
Commuters here spend an estimated 92 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $2,855 at a typical national wage. That's 42% less than the typical Oklahoma commuter spends.
When is rush hour worst in Jackson County, Oklahoma?
Traffic peaks between 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM in Jackson 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.
How common is public transit use in Jackson 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.
Which counties in Oklahoma have the fastest and slowest commutes?
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).