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McCurtain County Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in McCurtain 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 McCurtain County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in McCurtain County spend about 35 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 148 hours, about 6.1 full days, spent commuting. That is 7% less time on the road than the Oklahoma average of 19.0 minutes each way, a difference of 1.3 minutes.

McCurtain County holds about 0.8% of Oklahoma's population but accounts for roughly 0.7% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in McCurtain County would save about 59 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,829 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)
McCurtain County 17.7 min 35.4 min 148 hrs/yr $4,573 363
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

McCurtain County
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Average commute time

On average, it takes 17.7 minutes to get to work in McCurtain County. That's 21% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

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 4.4% work from home.

How People Get to Work in McCurtain County

  • Car: 93.0%
  • Worked at Home: 4.4%
  • Other: 1.6%
  • Walked: 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 unusually rare in McCurtain County: 3.7 times less than the Oklahoma average (0.0% vs 0.1%).

Public transit is unusually rare in McCurtain County: 10.6 times less than the Oklahoma average (0.0% vs 0.3%).

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

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

Commute Mode Trends in McCurtain County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in McCurtain 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 Other Walked Public Transportation Taxi Motorcycle Bicycle
2009 90.2% 3.8% 1.1% 4.0% 0.7% 0.0% 0.2% 0.1%
2010 91.0% 4.3% 0.8% 3.4% 0.3% 0.0% 0.2% 0.0%
2011 90.7% 4.8% 1.0% 3.4% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1%
2012 92.0% 4.0% 0.9% 2.8% 0.1% 0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
2013 92.2% 3.5% 1.7% 2.1% 0.3% 0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
2014 93.1% 3.2% 1.2% 1.6% 0.5% 0.1% 0.2% 0.1%
2015 94.0% 2.3% 1.3% 1.5% 0.5% 0.1% 0.3% 0.1%
2016 95.8% 1.2% 1.0% 1.1% 0.6% 0.0% 0.3% 0.0%
2017 95.8% 1.0% 0.9% 1.3% 0.7% 0.1% 0.2% 0.0%
2018 96.2% 1.2% 0.9% 1.1% 0.4% 0.0% 0.2% 0.0%
2019 96.4% 0.7% 1.2% 1.2% 0.3% 0.0% 0.1% 0.0%
2020 96.4% 1.0% 1.2% 1.2% 0.2% 0.0% 0.1% 0.0%
2021 95.0% 1.9% 1.5% 1.3% 0.3% 0.0% 0.1% 0.0%
2022 94.1% 2.6% 1.7% 1.3% 0.2% 0.0% 0.1% 0.0%
2023 93.4% 3.7% 1.6% 1.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2024 93.0% 4.4% 1.6% 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 peaked in 2019 at 96.4%. Overall it rose from 90.2% in 2009 to 93.0% in 2024, up 2.8 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 4 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in McCurtain County: its share of workers rose from 3.8% in 2009 to 4.4% in 2024, up 0.6 percentage points. Most of that increase, 3.7 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 4.0% to 0.9% of workers (down 3.1 percentage points).

Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2021 release and has stayed ahead since.

Commute Start Times in McCurtain County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in McCurtain County?

The bars show when commuters in McCurtain 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
7.9%
5:00-5:29 AM
5.2%
5:30-5:59 AM
4.5%
6:00-6:29 AM
9.7%
6:30-6:59 AM
8.5%
7:00-7:29 AM
15.6%
7:30-7:59 AM
15.2%
8:00-8:29 AM
8.1%
8:30-8:59 AM
1.8%
9:00-9:59 AM
5.6%
10:00-10:59 AM
2.8%
11:00-11:59 AM
1.6%
12:00-3:59 PM
6.5%
4:00-11:59 PM
7.1%

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

The busiest time to head out in McCurtain County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 15.6% of commuters leave home, compared with 15.2% across Oklahoma. Early starts are more common than in Oklahoma: 17.6% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 13.9% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Oklahoma: 47.3% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 50.4% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (23.6%) 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 McCurtain 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 McCurtain 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 McCurtain 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 McCurtain County Oklahoma United States
2009 7:37 AM 7:39 AM 7:37 AM
2010 7:37 AM 7:38 AM 7:38 AM
2011 7:38 AM 7:37 AM 7:38 AM
2012 7:36 AM 7:37 AM 7:38 AM
2013 7:36 AM 7:36 AM 7:39 AM
2014 7:31 AM 7:35 AM 7:39 AM
2015 7:28 AM 7:35 AM 7:38 AM
2016 7:29 AM 7:34 AM 7:38 AM
2017 7:28 AM 7:34 AM 7:38 AM
2018 7:25 AM 7:34 AM 7:37 AM
2019 7:23 AM 7:34 AM 7:37 AM
2020 7:24 AM 7:34 AM 7:37 AM
2021 7:22 AM 7:34 AM 7:37 AM
2022 7:26 AM 7:34 AM 7:37 AM
2023 7:25 AM 7:34 AM 7:38 AM
2024 7:28 AM 7:35 AM 7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in McCurtain County were on the road by 7:28 AM, 10 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:37 AM). The shift is sharper than across Oklahoma, where the typical start moved 4 minutes earlier. Commuters in McCurtain County now leave 10 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 McCurtain County has moved 5 minutes later.

How does McCurtain County's commute time compare?

Metric McCurtain County Oklahoma US Average
Avg. Commute Time 17.7 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 4.4% 9.4% 15.0%
Walked 0.9% 1.8% 2.4%
Public Transit < 0.1% 0.3% 3.2%

The average commute time in McCurtain County is 17.7 minutes, shorter than the 19.0 minutes in Oklahoma.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.3% in Oklahoma. 0.9% commute by walking, lower than the 1.8% in Oklahoma.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

McCurtain County, OK Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

McCurtain County, OK is the largest of the 6 counties compared here, 30,862 residents against a local median of 11,816. McCurtain County, OK sits close to the middle of its own neighbourhood. No measure below is more than 15% off the local median, so the choice between these counties turns on things this data does not capture.

The largest of those small differences is work from home, 8% below the local median at 4.4% against 4.8%. McCurtain County, OK has the 4th highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.

Area Population One-way commute Work from home Typical departure
McCurtain County, OK 30,862 17.7 min #2/6 4.4% #4/6 7:27 AM #4/6
Sevier County, AR 15,710 18.8 min 1.5% 7:29 AM
Red River County, TX 11,611 28.6 min 10.6% 7:12 AM
Polk County, AR 19,361 15.9 min 4.8% 7:17 AM
Pushmataha County, OK 10,790 18.7 min 4.9% 7:29 AM
Little River County, AR 11,816 30.1 min 3.3% 7:10 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in McCurtain County, Oklahoma.

Is living in McCurtain County, Oklahoma good for avoiding long commute costs?

Commuters here spend an estimated 148 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,573 at a typical national wage. That's 7% less than the typical Oklahoma commuter spends.

When is peak congestion during the morning commute in McCurtain County, Oklahoma?

Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in McCurtain 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 McCurtain 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).