Jefferson County Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commute Time Burden in Jefferson County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Jefferson County spend about 37 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 153 hours, about 6.4 full days, spent commuting. That is 3% less time on the road than the Oklahoma average of 19.0 minutes each way, a difference of 0.7 minutes.

Jefferson County holds about 0.1% of Oklahoma's population and accounts for roughly 0.1% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Jefferson County would save about 61 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,892 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)
Jefferson County	18.3 min	36.6 min	153 hrs/yr	$4,731	233
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.

Commute Time Map: Oklahoma Counties

Fastest commutes among counties in Oklahoma

Cimarron County (4.8 min)
Woods County (8.5 min)
Harmon County (8.8 min)

Slowest commutes among counties in Oklahoma

Cotton County (30.4 min)
Logan County (28.5 min)
Lincoln County (28.0 min)

Compare commute times among different counties

Jefferson County

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Average commute time

On average, it takes 18.3 minutes to get to work in Jefferson County. That's 18% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

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 5.7% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Jefferson County

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

Public transit is unusually common in Jefferson County: 13.1 times more than the Oklahoma average (3.5% vs 0.3%).

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

Commute Mode Trends in Jefferson County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Jefferson 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	Public Transportation	Walked	Other	Bicycle	Taxi	Motorcycle
2009	91.7%	4.8%	0.1%	2.4%	0.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%
2010	88.7%	7.5%	0.1%	1.8%	1.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.4%
2011	87.8%	9.0%	0.1%	1.9%	1.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2012	89.5%	8.6%	0.3%	0.7%	0.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%
2013	90.3%	7.6%	0.3%	0.9%	0.6%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%
2014	90.4%	7.4%	0.2%	1.0%	0.6%	0.2%	0.0%	0.1%
2015	92.7%	3.6%	0.3%	2.9%	0.2%	0.2%	0.0%	0.1%
2016	93.2%	3.2%	0.3%	2.8%	0.2%	0.3%	0.0%	0.1%
2017	93.3%	3.1%	0.0%	3.0%	0.2%	0.2%	0.0%	0.1%
2018	92.0%	4.3%	0.0%	3.0%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%
2019	91.3%	5.5%	0.0%	2.2%	0.7%	0.0%	0.3%	0.0%
2020	88.6%	4.2%	4.9%	1.4%	0.8%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%
2021	88.7%	4.5%	3.7%	1.5%	1.2%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%
2022	88.1%	4.5%	3.6%	2.0%	1.4%	0.1%	0.2%	0.0%
2023	87.6%	4.6%	3.4%	2.7%	1.5%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%
2024	85.7%	5.7%	3.5%	3.1%	2.0%	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 2017 at 93.3%. Overall it fell from 91.7% in 2009 to 85.7% in 2024, down 6.0 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 3 releases.

Public transit gained the most ground in Jefferson County: its share of workers rose from 0.1% in 2009 to 3.5% in 2024, up 3.4 percentage points. Most of that increase, 3.5 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Public transit overtook riding a motorcycle to become the 3rd most common choice in the 2020 release and has stayed ahead since.

Working from home peaked at 9.0% in 2011 and has since fallen back to 5.7%.

Commute Start Times in Jefferson County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Jefferson County?

The bars show when commuters in Jefferson 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		10.5%
5:00-5:29 AM		5.9%
5:30-5:59 AM		5.1%
6:00-6:29 AM		5.6%
6:30-6:59 AM		8.3%
7:00-7:29 AM		16.7%
7:30-7:59 AM		11.3%
8:00-8:29 AM		11.1%
8:30-8:59 AM		4.3%
9:00-9:59 AM		5.4%
10:00-10:59 AM		2.6%
11:00-11:59 AM		0.3%
12:00-3:59 PM		6.1%
4:00-11:59 PM		6.9%

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

The busiest time to head out in Jefferson County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 16.7% of commuters leave home, compared with 15.2% across Oklahoma. Early starts are more common than in Oklahoma: 21.5% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 13.9% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Oklahoma: 47.3% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 50.4% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (21.3%) 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 Jefferson 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 Jefferson 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 Jefferson 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	Jefferson County	Oklahoma	United States
2009	7:18 AM	7:39 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:18 AM	7:38 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:16 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:21 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:25 AM	7:36 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:22 AM	7:35 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:25 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:29 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:26 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:23 AM	7:34 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:23 AM	7:34 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:24 AM	7:34 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:29 AM	7:34 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:27 AM	7:34 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:28 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:26 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Jefferson County were on the road by 7:26 AM, 8 minutes later than in 2009 (7:18 AM). That goes against the trend across Oklahoma, where the typical commuter now leaves 4 minutes earlier than in 2009. Commuters in Jefferson County now leave 12 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 Jefferson County has moved 4 minutes later.

How does Jefferson County's commute time compare?

Metric	Jefferson County	Oklahoma	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	18.3 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	5.7%	9.4%	15.0%
Walked	3.1%	1.8%	2.4%
Public Transit	3.5%	0.3%	3.2%

The average commute time in Jefferson County is 18.3 minutes, shorter than the 19.0 minutes in Oklahoma.

3.5% commute by public transit, higher than the 0.3% in Oklahoma. 3.1% commute by walking, higher than the 1.8% in Oklahoma.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Jefferson County, OK Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Jefferson County, OK is the smallest of the 6 counties compared here, 5,379 residents against a local median of 21,046. Jefferson County, OK's one-way commute, at 18.3 min, runs 29% below the 25.9 min typical of the counties around it. That is the better end of the local range on this measure.

The counties themselves spread 14.0 min on one-way commute, so Jefferson County, OK sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Jefferson County, OK has the 3rd lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Jefferson County, OK	5,379	18.3 min #3/6	5.7% #3/6	7:26 AM #4/6
Stephens County, OK	43,550	16.9 min	5.6%	7:24 AM
Montague County, TX	21,046	30.0 min	8.5%	7:03 AM
Clay County, TX	10,495	25.9 min	7.2%	7:26 AM
Cotton County, OK	5,485	30.4 min	3.5%	7:37 AM
Carter County, OK	48,553	16.5 min	5.0%	7:34 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Jefferson County, Oklahoma.

What is the financial impact of commuting in Jefferson County, Oklahoma?

Commuters here spend an estimated 153 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,731 at a typical national wage. That's 3% less than the typical Oklahoma commuter spends.

What are the busiest morning travel hours in Jefferson County, Oklahoma?

Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Jefferson 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.

How common is public transit use in Jefferson County, Oklahoma?

Public transit usage is notably higher here than typical: about 3.5% of commuters use it versus 0.3% in Oklahoma, making it a realistic option for many workers.

How do commute times compare across 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).