Commuting in Mayes 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 Mayes County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Mayes County 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.
Mayes County holds about 1.0% of Oklahoma's population but accounts for roughly 1.1% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Mayes County would save about 71 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,209 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)
Mayes County
21.4 min
42.8 min
178 hrs/yr
$5,523
1,237
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
21.4
minutes to get to work in
Mayes County.
That's 5% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Slower than 75% 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 8.1% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Mayes County
Car:
87.7%
Worked at Home:
8.1%
Walked:
2.1%
Other:
1.5%
Motorcycle:
0.4%unusually high
Public Transportation:
< 0.1%unusually low
Bicycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Riding a motorcycle is unusually common in Mayes County: 3.6 times more than the Oklahoma average (0.4% vs 0.1%).
Public transit is unusually rare in Mayes County: 3.2 times less than the Oklahoma average (0.1% vs 0.3%).
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Mayes County, versus 0.1% in Oklahoma.
Biking is unusually rare in Mayes County: 17.4 times less than the Oklahoma average (0.0% vs 0.2%).
Commute Mode Trends in Mayes County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Mayes 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
92.3%
3.6%
2.2%
1.0%
0.7%
0.1%
0.0%
0.1%
2010
92.5%
3.5%
2.5%
0.7%
0.5%
0.2%
0.0%
0.1%
2011
92.7%
4.0%
1.8%
0.9%
0.3%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
2012
92.5%
4.3%
2.0%
0.6%
0.4%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
2013
92.9%
4.0%
1.8%
0.8%
0.1%
0.2%
0.0%
0.1%
2014
93.5%
4.1%
1.4%
0.7%
0.2%
0.1%
0.0%
0.1%
2015
93.2%
5.0%
0.8%
0.7%
0.1%
0.1%
0.0%
0.1%
2016
93.4%
4.5%
1.2%
0.6%
0.2%
0.1%
0.0%
0.1%
2017
93.2%
4.6%
1.4%
0.5%
0.2%
0.1%
0.0%
0.1%
2018
93.1%
4.5%
1.8%
0.3%
0.2%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
2019
93.0%
4.2%
1.9%
0.5%
0.0%
0.2%
0.0%
0.2%
2020
91.3%
5.4%
2.2%
0.5%
0.2%
0.2%
0.0%
0.2%
2021
90.4%
6.2%
1.8%
1.1%
0.2%
0.1%
0.0%
0.2%
2022
89.9%
6.8%
1.7%
1.1%
0.2%
0.2%
0.0%
0.2%
2023
89.1%
7.1%
1.9%
1.4%
0.2%
0.2%
0.0%
0.2%
2024
87.7%
8.1%
2.1%
1.5%
0.4%
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 2014 at 93.5%. Overall it fell from 92.3% in 2009 to 87.7% in 2024, down 4.6 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 8 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Mayes County: its share of workers rose from 3.6% in 2009 to 8.1% in 2024, up 4.5 percentage points. Most of that increase, 3.9 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Commute Start Times in Mayes County
🐦Early BirdThe 2nd-earliest start among Oklahoma's 77 counties: half of commuters are on the road by 7:12 AM.
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Mayes County?
The bars show when commuters in Mayes 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 AMMayes County7.7%Oklahoma5.3%
7.7%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMMayes County5.0%Oklahoma3.7%
5.0%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMMayes County9.7%Oklahoma4.8%
9.7%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMMayes County12.4%Oklahoma8.5%
12.4%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMMayes County10.0%Oklahoma10.0%
10.0%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMMayes County12.6%Oklahoma15.2%
12.6%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMMayes County12.6%Oklahoma14.5%
12.6%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMMayes County8.5%Oklahoma10.7%
8.5%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMMayes County4.1%Oklahoma4.8%
4.1%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMMayes County3.0%Oklahoma5.7%
3.0%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMMayes County1.4%Oklahoma2.7%
1.4%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMMayes County0.6%Oklahoma1.2%
0.6%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMMayes County4.4%Oklahoma6.2%
4.4%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMMayes County8.1%Oklahoma6.6%
8.1%
Mayes CountyOklahomaSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Mayes County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 12.6% of commuters leave home, compared with 15.2% across Oklahoma. Early starts are more common than in Oklahoma: 22.3% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 13.9% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Oklahoma: 43.8% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 50.4% there. About 1 in 6 commuters (17.4%) 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 Mayes 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 Mayes 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 Mayes 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
Mayes County
Oklahoma
United States
2009
7:19 AM
7:39 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:17 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:16 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:19 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:22 AM
7:36 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:26 AM
7:35 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:27 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:22 AM
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:19 AM
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:19 AM
7:34 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:19 AM
7:34 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:14 AM
7:34 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:14 AM
7:34 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:15 AM
7:34 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:14 AM
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:12 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Mayes County were on the road by 7:12 AM, 6 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:19 AM). The shift is sharper than across Oklahoma, where the typical start moved 4 minutes earlier. Commuters in Mayes County now leave 25 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 Mayes County has moved 7 minutes earlier. The 2024 release is the earliest typical start for Mayes County in the whole series.
How does Mayes County's commute time compare?
Metric
Mayes County
Oklahoma
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
21.4 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
8.1%
9.4%
15.0%
Walked
2.1%
1.8%
2.4%
Public Transit
< 0.1%
0.3%
3.2%
The average commute time in Mayes County is 21.4 minutes, longer than the 19.0 minutes in Oklahoma.
0.1% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.3% in Oklahoma. 2.1% commute by walking, higher than the 1.8% in Oklahoma.
Mayes County, OK Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Mayes County, OK is the 5th largest of the 6 counties compared here, 39,594 residents against a local median of 47,942. There is no headline here. Every measure below sits within 15% of the median across the nearest counties, which makes Mayes County, OK an unremarkable member of its own neighbourhood rather than an outlier in it.
The largest of those small differences is work from home, 13% below the local median at 8.1% against 9.4%. Mayes County, OK has the 5th highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Mayes County, Oklahoma.
How much does the average commute cost workers in Mayes County, Oklahoma?
Commuters here spend an estimated 178 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,523 at a typical national wage. That's 13% more than the typical Oklahoma commuter spends.
When is rush hour worst in Mayes County, Oklahoma?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Mayes 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.
Do people use public transit in Mayes County, Oklahoma?
Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.1% 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).