Major County Commute Time Map & Patterns

Commute Time Burden in Major County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Major 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 177 hours, about 7.4 full days, spent commuting. That is 12% more time on the road than the Oklahoma average of 19.0 minutes each way, a difference of 2.3 minutes.

Major County holds about 0.2% of Oklahoma's population and accounts for roughly 0.2% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Major County would save about 71 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,195 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)
Major County	21.2 min	42.5 min	177 hrs/yr	$5,487	341
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

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On average, it takes 21.2 minutes to get to work in Major County. That's 5% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Slower than 72% of 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 walking. About 2.1% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Major County

• Car: 94.7%
• Walked: 2.3%
• Worked at Home: 2.1% unusually low
• Other: 0.9%
• Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
• Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low
• Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low
• Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low

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

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

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

Working from home is unusually rare in Major County: 4.5 times less than the Oklahoma average (2.1% vs 9.4%).

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

Commute Mode Trends in Major County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Major 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
• Walked
• Worked at Home
• Other
• Public Transportation
• Taxi
• Motorcycle
• Bicycle

Show commute mode data by year

Year	Car	Walked	Worked at Home	Other	Public Transportation	Taxi	Motorcycle	Bicycle
2009	91.8%	3.1%	4.5%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%
2010	91.1%	3.1%	5.5%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%
2011	92.1%	2.3%	5.2%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2012	90.7%	2.0%	4.1%	2.6%	0.0%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%
2013	90.8%	2.5%	3.5%	2.6%	0.0%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%
2014	91.1%	2.2%	3.8%	2.5%	0.0%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%
2015	91.7%	2.2%	3.3%	2.4%	0.0%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%
2016	91.8%	1.8%	3.2%	2.7%	0.0%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%
2017	94.7%	1.8%	3.3%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2018	94.6%	1.8%	3.2%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.3%
2019	93.8%	2.1%	3.1%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%	0.5%
2020	94.5%	1.5%	2.9%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%	0.5%
2021	93.8%	1.4%	3.3%	0.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%	0.4%
2022	93.7%	1.3%	3.6%	0.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%	0.4%
2023	95.0%	1.3%	2.6%	0.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%	0.2%
2024	94.7%	2.3%	2.1%	0.9%	0.0%	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 2023 at 95.0% and lowest in 2012 at 90.7%. Overall it rose from 91.8% in 2009 to 94.7% in 2024, up 2.9 percentage points.

Working from home lost the most ground, falling from 4.5% to 2.1% of workers (down 2.4 percentage points).

Commute Start Times in Major County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Major County?

The bars show when commuters in Major 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 Major County6.0% Oklahoma5.3%	6.0%
5:00-5:29 AM	5:00-5:29 AM Major County3.2% Oklahoma3.7%	3.2%
5:30-5:59 AM	5:30-5:59 AM Major County4.1% Oklahoma4.8%	4.1%
6:00-6:29 AM	6:00-6:29 AM Major County7.8% Oklahoma8.5%	7.8%
6:30-6:59 AM	6:30-6:59 AM Major County11.3% Oklahoma10.0%	11.3%
7:00-7:29 AM	7:00-7:29 AM Major County16.0% Oklahoma15.2%	16.0%
7:30-7:59 AM	7:30-7:59 AM Major County17.1% Oklahoma14.5%	17.1%
8:00-8:29 AM	8:00-8:29 AM Major County15.7% Oklahoma10.7%	15.7%
8:30-8:59 AM	8:30-8:59 AM Major County3.8% Oklahoma4.8%	3.8%
9:00-9:59 AM	9:00-9:59 AM Major County4.3% Oklahoma5.7%	4.3%
10:00-10:59 AM	10:00-10:59 AM Major County2.6% Oklahoma2.7%	2.6%
11:00-11:59 AM	11:00-11:59 AM Major County0.3% Oklahoma1.2%	0.3%
12:00-3:59 PM	12:00-3:59 PM Major County2.1% Oklahoma6.2%	2.1%
4:00-11:59 PM	4:00-11:59 PM Major County5.8% Oklahoma6.6%	5.8%

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

The busiest time to head out in Major County is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 17.1% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.5% across Oklahoma. Early starts are about as common as in Oklahoma: 13.2% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 13.9% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Oklahoma: 60.1% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 50.4% there. About 1 in 7 commuters (15.2%) 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 Major 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 Major 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 Major 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.

• Major County
• Oklahoma
• United States

Show typical departure times by year

Year	Major 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	7:24 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:24 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:24 AM	7:36 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:23 AM	7:35 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:20 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:15 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:16 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:12 AM	7:34 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:13 AM	7:34 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:18 AM	7:34 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:21 AM	7:34 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:22 AM	7:34 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:27 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:33 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Major County were on the road by 7:33 AM, 3 minutes later than in 2009 (7:30 AM). That goes against the trend across Oklahoma, where the typical commuter now leaves 4 minutes earlier than in 2009. Commuters in Major County now leave 5 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 Major County has moved 20 minutes later. The 2024 release is the latest typical start for Major County in the whole series.

How does Major County's commute time compare?

Metric	Major County	Oklahoma	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	21.2 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	2.1%	9.4%	15.0%
Walked	2.3%	1.8%	2.4%
Public Transit	< 0.1%	0.3%	3.2%

The average commute time in Major County is 21.2 minutes, longer than the 19.0 minutes in Oklahoma.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.3% in Oklahoma. 2.3% commute by walking, higher than the 1.8% in Oklahoma.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau