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Love County Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Love 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 Love County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Love County spend about 42 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 174 hours, about 7.3 full days, spent commuting. That is 10% more time on the road than the Oklahoma average of 19.0 minutes each way, a difference of 2.0 minutes.

Love County holds about 0.3% of Oklahoma's population and accounts for roughly 0.3% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Love County would save about 70 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,163 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)
Love County 20.9 min 41.9 min 174 hrs/yr $5,408 921
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
  1. Cimarron County (4.8 min)
  2. Woods County (8.5 min)
  3. Harmon County (8.8 min)
Slowest commutes among counties in Oklahoma
  1. Cotton County (30.4 min)
  2. Logan County (28.5 min)
  3. Lincoln County (28.0 min)

Compare commute times among different counties

Love County
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Average commute time

On average, it takes 20.9 minutes to get to work in Love County. That's 7% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Slower than 70% 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 4.5% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Love County

  • Car: 92.8%
  • Worked at Home: 4.5%
  • Walked: 1.8%
  • Other: 0.7%
  • Motorcycle: 0.3%
  • Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low

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

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

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

Commute Mode Trends in Love County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Love 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 Public Transportation Taxi Bicycle
2009 88.8% 6.4% 3.6% 0.4% 0.0% 0.6% 0.0% 0.1%
2010 89.7% 7.3% 2.2% 0.3% 0.0% 0.4% 0.0% 0.1%
2011 87.8% 8.4% 2.3% 0.7% 0.0% 0.7% 0.0% 0.1%
2012 90.3% 6.6% 1.9% 0.7% 0.0% 0.5% 0.0% 0.1%
2013 92.0% 5.8% 1.2% 0.7% 0.0% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0%
2014 91.6% 5.1% 1.4% 1.2% 0.0% 0.6% 0.0% 0.0%
2015 91.7% 4.0% 1.9% 1.5% 0.0% 0.6% 0.0% 0.2%
2016 90.7% 4.9% 2.2% 1.5% 0.1% 0.5% 0.0% 0.2%
2017 90.1% 5.8% 2.2% 1.1% 0.1% 0.4% 0.0% 0.2%
2018 89.6% 6.0% 2.2% 0.7% 0.5% 0.3% 0.0% 0.7%
2019 91.0% 5.5% 1.8% 0.5% 0.5% 0.1% 0.0% 0.5%
2020 92.2% 6.0% 0.9% 0.2% 0.5% 0.1% 0.0% 0.3%
2021 92.8% 5.0% 1.0% 0.2% 0.6% 0.1% 0.0% 0.3%
2022 94.4% 2.9% 1.6% 0.2% 0.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0.3%
2023 93.2% 3.5% 2.1% 0.9% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2024 92.8% 4.5% 1.8% 0.7% 0.3% 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 was highest in 2022 at 94.4% and lowest in 2011 at 87.8%. Overall it rose from 88.8% in 2009 to 92.8% in 2024, up 4.0 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 2 releases.

Working from home lost the most ground, falling from 6.4% to 4.5% of workers (down 1.9 percentage points).

Commute Start Times in Love County

  • Rush-Hour DodgersThe lowest share of rush-hour departures among Oklahoma's 77 counties: only 42.6% of commuters leave between 6:30 and 8:29 AM.
  • Dawn PatrolThe 3rd-highest share of pre-6 AM departures among Oklahoma's 77 counties: 22.6% of commuters leave before 6 AM.

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Love County?

The bars show when commuters in Love 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
8.0%
5:00-5:29 AM
5.8%
5:30-5:59 AM
8.9%
6:00-6:29 AM
12.3%
6:30-6:59 AM
7.7%
7:00-7:29 AM
14.9%
7:30-7:59 AM
13.8%
8:00-8:29 AM
6.2%
8:30-8:59 AM
1.6%
9:00-9:59 AM
2.3%
10:00-10:59 AM
1.9%
11:00-11:59 AM
0.7%
12:00-3:59 PM
8.6%
4:00-11:59 PM
7.4%

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

The busiest time to head out in Love County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 14.9% of commuters leave home, compared with 15.2% across Oklahoma. Early starts are more common than in Oklahoma: 22.6% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 13.9% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Oklahoma: 42.6% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 50.4% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (20.9%) 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 Love 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 Love 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 Love 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 Love County Oklahoma United States
2009 7:24 AM 7:39 AM 7:37 AM
2010 7:20 AM 7:38 AM 7:38 AM
2011 7:18 AM 7:37 AM 7:38 AM
2012 7:23 AM 7:37 AM 7:38 AM
2013 7:19 AM 7:36 AM 7:39 AM
2014 7:21 AM 7:35 AM 7:39 AM
2015 7:21 AM 7:35 AM 7:38 AM
2016 7:24 AM 7:34 AM 7:38 AM
2017 7:24 AM 7:34 AM 7:38 AM
2018 7:24 AM 7:34 AM 7:37 AM
2019 7:25 AM 7:34 AM 7:37 AM
2020 7:19 AM 7:34 AM 7:37 AM
2021 7:15 AM 7:34 AM 7:37 AM
2022 7:13 AM 7:34 AM 7:37 AM
2023 7:17 AM 7:34 AM 7:38 AM
2024 7:15 AM 7:35 AM 7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Love County were on the road by 7:15 AM, 10 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:24 AM). The shift is sharper than across Oklahoma, where the typical start moved 4 minutes earlier. Commuters in Love County now leave 23 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 Love County has moved 10 minutes earlier.

How does Love County's commute time compare?

Metric Love County Oklahoma US Average
Avg. Commute Time 20.9 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 4.5% 9.4% 15.0%
Walked 1.8% 1.8% 2.4%
Public Transit < 0.1% 0.3% 3.2%

The average commute time in Love County is 20.9 minutes, longer than the 19.0 minutes in Oklahoma.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.3% in Oklahoma. The share of commuters using walking is about the same as Oklahoma.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Love County, OK Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Love County, OK is the smallest of the 6 counties compared here, 10,261 residents against a local median of 21,046. Where Love County, OK breaks from the counties next to it is work from home, sitting 38% below the local median of 7.2% at 4.5%.

The counties themselves spread 4.6% on work from home, so Love County, OK sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Love County, OK has the 5th highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.

Area Population One-way commute Work from home Typical departure
Love County, OK 10,261 20.9 min #5/6 4.5% #5/6 7:15 AM #2/6
Carter County, OK 48,553 16.5 min 5.0% 7:34 AM
Cooke County, TX 43,046 20.8 min 7.2% 7:26 AM
Marshall County, OK 15,792 20.2 min 7.9% 7:15 AM
Montague County, TX 21,046 30.0 min 8.5% 7:03 AM
Murray County, OK 13,753 16.9 min 3.9% 7:20 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Love County, Oklahoma.

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

Commuters here spend an estimated 174 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,408 at a typical national wage. That's 10% more than the typical Oklahoma commuter spends.

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

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

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).