Jenks Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Jenks, 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 Jenks: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Jenks 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.

Jenks holds about 0.6% of Oklahoma's population but accounts for roughly 0.7% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Jenks would save about 71 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,210 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)
Jenks	21.4 min	42.8 min	178 hrs/yr	$5,526	3,233
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.

Jenks Commute Map

On average, it takes 21.4 minutes to get to work in Jenks. That's 5% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM, followed by 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 14.2% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Jenks

Commute Mode Trends in Jenks, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Jenks 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	Other	Walked	Bicycle	Public Transportation	Taxi	Motorcycle
2009	93.7%	4.2%	1.2%	0.1%	0.2%	0.1%	0.0%	0.4%
2010	92.6%	5.3%	1.3%	0.2%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.4%
2011	93.5%	4.6%	1.0%	0.2%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.6%
2012	93.8%	4.6%	0.9%	0.1%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.3%
2013	93.9%	5.5%	0.2%	0.0%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2014	93.1%	6.3%	0.1%	0.0%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2015	93.7%	5.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.4%
2016	93.1%	6.0%	0.1%	0.0%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.4%
2017	91.7%	7.3%	0.1%	0.1%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.4%
2018	91.3%	7.6%	0.1%	0.5%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.4%
2019	91.8%	6.8%	0.1%	0.6%	0.2%	0.1%	0.1%	0.3%
2020	91.3%	7.6%	0.2%	0.6%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.0%
2021	88.4%	10.1%	0.4%	0.6%	0.2%	0.2%	0.1%	0.0%
2022	87.0%	11.1%	0.5%	0.8%	0.3%	0.2%	0.1%	0.0%
2023	85.3%	12.6%	0.7%	0.5%	0.2%	0.4%	0.1%	0.1%
2024	83.4%	14.2%	1.1%	0.6%	0.3%	0.2%	0.1%	0.1%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2013 at 93.9%. Overall it fell from 93.7% in 2009 to 83.4% in 2024, down 10.3 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 5 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Jenks: its share of workers rose from 4.2% in 2009 to 14.2% in 2024, up 10.0 percentage points. Most of that increase, 7.4 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Walking overtook riding a motorcycle to become the 4th most common choice in the 2018 release and has stayed ahead since.

Commute Start Times in Jenks

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Jenks?

The bars show when commuters in Jenks 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		5.0%
5:00-5:29 AM		3.7%
5:30-5:59 AM		3.2%
6:00-6:29 AM		5.5%
6:30-6:59 AM		9.1%
7:00-7:29 AM		14.1%
7:30-7:59 AM		16.1%
8:00-8:29 AM		15.0%
8:30-8:59 AM		7.0%
9:00-9:59 AM		6.5%
10:00-10:59 AM		2.9%
11:00-11:59 AM		0.5%
12:00-3:59 PM		3.7%
4:00-11:59 PM		7.8%

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

The busiest time to head out in Jenks is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 16.1% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.5% across Oklahoma. Early starts are less common than in Oklahoma: 11.8% 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 5 commuters (21.4%) 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 Jenks, 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 Jenks 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 Jenks 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	Jenks	Oklahoma	United States
2009	7:37 AM	7:39 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:35 AM	7:38 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:42 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:41 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:43 AM	7:36 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:46 AM	7:35 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:44 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:37 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:35 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:34 AM	7:34 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:34 AM	7:34 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:33 AM	7:34 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:39 AM	7:34 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:46 AM	7:34 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:47 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:48 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Jenks were on the road by 7:48 AM, 11 minutes later than in 2009 (7:37 AM). That goes against the trend across Oklahoma, where the typical commuter now leaves 4 minutes earlier than in 2009. Commuters in Jenks now leave 10 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 Jenks has moved 14 minutes later. The 2024 release is the latest typical start for Jenks in the whole series.

How does Jenks's commute time compare?

Metric	Jenks	Oklahoma	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	21.4 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	08:00 AM – 08:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	14.2%	9.4%	15.0%
Walked	0.6%	1.8%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.2%	0.3%	3.2%

The average commute time in Jenks 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. 0.6% commute by walking, lower than the 1.8% in Oklahoma.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Jenks, OK Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

How Jenks, OK compares with the 1 cities closest to it.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Jenks, OK	23,435	21.4 min #1/2	14.2% #1/2	7:48 AM #2/2
Bixby, OK	24,819	22.4 min	13.0%	7:41 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Jenks, Oklahoma.

How much does the average commute cost workers in Jenks, Oklahoma?

Commuters here spend an estimated 178 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,526 at a typical national wage. That's 13% more than the typical Oklahoma commuter spends.

When is rush hour worst in Jenks, Oklahoma?

Traffic peaks between 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM in Jenks, Oklahoma. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM also sees a secondary bump.

How much time do residents in Jenks, Oklahoma save by working from home?

About 14.2% of workers here already work from home. Working from home just 2 days a week in Jenks would save about 71 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,210 at the same national wage assumption used above.