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McClain County Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in McClain 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 McClain County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in McClain County spend about 54 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 224 hours, about 9.3 full days, spent commuting. That is 41% more time on the road than the Oklahoma average of 19.0 minutes each way, a difference of 7.9 minutes.

McClain County holds about 1.1% of Oklahoma's population but accounts for roughly 1.6% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in McClain County would save about 89 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,772 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)
McClain County 26.8 min 53.7 min 224 hrs/yr $6,931 1,397
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

McClain County
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Average commute time

On average, it takes 26.8 minutes to get to work in McClain County. That's 20% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Among the 5 slowest counties in Oklahoma

The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 9.6% work from home.

How People Get to Work in McClain County

  • Car: 88.5%
  • Worked at Home: 9.6%
  • Walked: 1.2%
  • Other: 0.5%
  • Public Transportation: < 0.1%
  • Taxi: < 0.1%
  • Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low

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

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

Commute Mode Trends in McClain County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in McClain 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 Public Transportation Taxi Motorcycle Bicycle
2009 92.6% 4.6% 1.7% 1.0% 0.0% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0%
2010 91.7% 5.0% 1.8% 1.0% 0.0% 0.1% 0.5% 0.0%
2011 93.2% 4.6% 1.1% 0.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0.3% 0.0%
2012 94.5% 3.6% 0.7% 1.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.2% 0.0%
2013 94.1% 3.7% 0.8% 1.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.3% 0.0%
2014 93.6% 4.0% 1.0% 0.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0.5% 0.3%
2015 93.7% 4.3% 0.9% 0.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0.2% 0.3%
2016 92.3% 5.8% 0.9% 0.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.3% 0.2%
2017 92.5% 5.7% 0.8% 0.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.2% 0.2%
2018 92.3% 5.7% 0.8% 0.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.2% 0.2%
2019 92.7% 5.6% 1.0% 0.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2020 91.1% 7.2% 0.9% 0.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2021 91.3% 7.4% 0.7% 0.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2022 90.1% 8.3% 1.0% 0.4% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2023 89.0% 9.3% 1.0% 0.5% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2024 88.5% 9.6% 1.2% 0.5% 0.1% 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 2012 at 94.5%. Overall it fell from 92.6% in 2009 to 88.5% in 2024, down 4.1 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 3 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in McClain County: its share of workers rose from 4.6% in 2009 to 9.6% in 2024, up 5.0 percentage points. Most of that increase, 4.0 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 1.7% to 1.2% of workers (down 0.5 percentage points).

Commute Start Times in McClain County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in McClain County?

The bars show when commuters in McClain 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
3.9%
5:00-5:29 AM
5.8%
5:30-5:59 AM
6.5%
6:00-6:29 AM
11.1%
6:30-6:59 AM
13.1%
7:00-7:29 AM
17.0%
7:30-7:59 AM
10.9%
8:00-8:29 AM
10.9%
8:30-8:59 AM
4.0%
9:00-9:59 AM
4.2%
10:00-10:59 AM
2.5%
11:00-11:59 AM
1.2%
12:00-3:59 PM
4.8%
4:00-11:59 PM
4.1%

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

The busiest time to head out in McClain County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 17.0% of commuters leave home, compared with 15.2% across Oklahoma. Early starts are more common than in Oklahoma: 16.2% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 13.9% there. The morning rush looks much like Oklahoma's: 51.9% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 50.4% there. About 1 in 6 commuters (16.8%) 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 McClain 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 McClain 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 McClain 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 McClain County Oklahoma United States
2009 7:17 AM 7:39 AM 7:37 AM
2010 7:15 AM 7:38 AM 7:38 AM
2011 7:16 AM 7:37 AM 7:38 AM
2012 7:16 AM 7:37 AM 7:38 AM
2013 7:16 AM 7:36 AM 7:39 AM
2014 7:17 AM 7:35 AM 7:39 AM
2015 7:18 AM 7:35 AM 7:38 AM
2016 7:21 AM 7:34 AM 7:38 AM
2017 7:22 AM 7:34 AM 7:38 AM
2018 7:20 AM 7:34 AM 7:37 AM
2019 7:19 AM 7:34 AM 7:37 AM
2020 7:20 AM 7:34 AM 7:37 AM
2021 7:14 AM 7:34 AM 7:37 AM
2022 7:13 AM 7:34 AM 7:37 AM
2023 7:15 AM 7:34 AM 7:38 AM
2024 7:17 AM 7:35 AM 7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in McClain County were on the road by 7:17 AM, almost exactly the same as in 2009. Across Oklahoma, meanwhile, the typical commuter now leaves 4 minutes earlier than in 2009. Commuters in McClain County now leave 21 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 McClain County has moved 2 minutes earlier.

How does McClain County's commute time compare?

Metric McClain County Oklahoma US Average
Avg. Commute Time 26.8 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 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home 9.6% 9.4% 15.0%
Walked 1.2% 1.8% 2.4%
Public Transit < 0.1% 0.3% 3.2%

The average commute time in McClain County is 26.8 minutes, longer than the 19.0 minutes in Oklahoma.

0.1% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.3% in Oklahoma. 1.2% commute by walking, lower than the 1.8% in Oklahoma.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

McClain County, OK Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

McClain County, OK is the 5th largest of the 6 counties compared here, 45,273 residents against a local median of 73,462. McClain County, OK's one-way commute, at 26.8 min, runs 29% above the 20.8 min typical of the counties around it. That is the weaker end of the local range on this measure.

The counties themselves spread 4.9 min on one-way commute, so McClain County, OK sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. McClain County, OK has the 6th lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.

Area Population One-way commute Work from home Typical departure
McClain County, OK 45,273 26.8 min #6/6 9.6% #3/6 7:17 AM #1/6
Cleveland County, OK 300,046 21.4 min 11.4% 7:39 AM
Garvin County, OK 25,859 18.5 min 6.8% 7:23 AM
Grady County, OK 56,605 23.3 min 7.5% 7:25 AM
Pottawatomie County, OK 73,462 18.6 min 8.4% 7:28 AM
Oklahoma County, OK 805,901 20.8 min 10.8% 7:45 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in McClain County, Oklahoma.

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

Commuters here spend an estimated 224 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $6,931 at a typical national wage. That's 41% more than the typical Oklahoma commuter spends.

When is rush hour worst in McClain County, Oklahoma?

Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in McClain County, Oklahoma. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM also sees a secondary bump.

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).