Commuting in Muskogee 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 Muskogee County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Muskogee 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 144 hours, about 6.0 full days, spent commuting. That is 9% less time on the road than the Oklahoma average of 19.0 minutes each way, a difference of 1.6 minutes.
Muskogee County holds about 1.6% of Oklahoma's population but accounts for roughly 1.5% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Muskogee County would save about 58 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,792 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)
Muskogee County
17.3 min
34.7 min
144 hrs/yr
$4,479
717
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
17.3
minutes to get to work in
Muskogee County.
That's 23% 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 8.3% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Muskogee County
Car:
88.6%
Worked at Home:
8.3%
Walked:
1.4%
Other:
1.2%
Public Transportation:
0.3%
Bicycle:
< 0.1%
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Taking a taxi is unusually rare in Muskogee County: 3.7 times less than the Oklahoma average (0.0% vs 0.1%).
Commute Mode Trends in Muskogee County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Muskogee 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
Bicycle
Taxi
Motorcycle
2009
93.6%
3.4%
1.5%
0.5%
0.6%
0.0%
0.3%
0.2%
2010
94.1%
3.4%
1.4%
0.6%
0.1%
0.0%
0.1%
0.2%
2011
93.3%
3.8%
1.5%
0.5%
0.2%
0.0%
0.2%
0.5%
2012
92.9%
3.6%
1.8%
0.7%
0.1%
0.1%
0.1%
0.7%
2013
92.7%
3.7%
1.8%
0.6%
0.2%
0.1%
0.1%
0.8%
2014
93.2%
3.3%
1.6%
0.8%
0.3%
0.1%
0.2%
0.6%
2015
93.0%
2.9%
1.8%
1.1%
0.3%
0.2%
0.1%
0.5%
2016
92.9%
3.0%
1.8%
1.2%
0.4%
0.2%
0.1%
0.5%
2017
92.6%
3.3%
1.6%
1.4%
0.5%
0.3%
0.1%
0.2%
2018
92.4%
3.5%
1.5%
1.5%
0.5%
0.3%
0.0%
0.2%
2019
92.3%
3.3%
1.5%
1.8%
0.6%
0.4%
0.0%
0.2%
2020
91.7%
4.2%
1.5%
1.6%
0.5%
0.3%
0.0%
0.2%
2021
90.2%
5.7%
1.3%
1.5%
0.8%
0.4%
0.0%
0.1%
2022
90.2%
6.4%
1.0%
1.4%
0.6%
0.3%
0.0%
0.1%
2023
90.0%
6.7%
1.2%
1.3%
0.5%
0.1%
0.0%
0.1%
2024
88.6%
8.3%
1.4%
1.2%
0.3%
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 2010 at 94.1%. Overall it fell from 93.6% in 2009 to 88.6% in 2024, down 5.0 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 2 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Muskogee County: its share of workers rose from 3.4% in 2009 to 8.3% in 2024, up 4.9 percentage points. Most of that increase, 5.0 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Commute Start Times in Muskogee County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Muskogee County?
The bars show when commuters in Muskogee 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 AMMuskogee County6.4%Oklahoma5.3%
6.4%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMMuskogee County4.8%Oklahoma3.7%
4.8%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMMuskogee County6.2%Oklahoma4.8%
6.2%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMMuskogee County9.4%Oklahoma8.5%
9.4%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMMuskogee County10.1%Oklahoma10.0%
10.1%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMMuskogee County15.9%Oklahoma15.2%
15.9%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMMuskogee County14.4%Oklahoma14.5%
14.4%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMMuskogee County9.7%Oklahoma10.7%
9.7%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMMuskogee County4.6%Oklahoma4.8%
4.6%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMMuskogee County4.6%Oklahoma5.7%
4.6%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMMuskogee County1.7%Oklahoma2.7%
1.7%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMMuskogee County1.2%Oklahoma1.2%
1.2%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMMuskogee County5.6%Oklahoma6.2%
5.6%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMMuskogee County5.4%Oklahoma6.6%
5.4%
Muskogee CountyOklahomaSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Muskogee County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 15.9% of commuters leave home, compared with 15.2% across Oklahoma. Early starts are more common than in Oklahoma: 17.4% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 13.9% there. The morning rush looks much like Oklahoma's: 50.1% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 50.4% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (18.5%) 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 Muskogee 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 Muskogee 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 Muskogee 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
Muskogee County
Oklahoma
United States
2009
7:34 AM
7:39 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:36 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:35 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:32 AM
7:36 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:32 AM
7:35 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:31 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:32 AM
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:29 AM
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:31 AM
7:34 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:31 AM
7:34 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:28 AM
7:34 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:26 AM
7:34 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:28 AM
7:34 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:26 AM
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:25 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Muskogee County were on the road by 7:25 AM, 9 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:34 AM). The shift is sharper than across Oklahoma, where the typical start moved 4 minutes earlier. Commuters in Muskogee County now leave 13 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 Muskogee County has moved 7 minutes earlier. The 2024 release is the earliest typical start for Muskogee County in the whole series.
How does Muskogee County's commute time compare?
Metric
Muskogee County
Oklahoma
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
17.3 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
8.3%
9.4%
15.0%
Walked
1.4%
1.8%
2.4%
Public Transit
0.3%
0.3%
3.2%
The average commute time in Muskogee County is 17.3 minutes, shorter than the 19.0 minutes in Oklahoma.
The share of commuters using public transit is about the same as Oklahoma. 1.4% commute by walking, lower than the 1.8% in Oklahoma.
Muskogee County, OK Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Muskogee County, OK is the 2nd largest of the 6 counties compared here, 66,442 residents against a local median of 36,895. There is no headline here. Every measure below sits within 15% of the median across the nearest counties, which makes Muskogee County, OK an unremarkable member of its own neighbourhood rather than an outlier in it.
The largest of those small differences is one-way commute, 8% below the local median at 17.3 min against 18.8 min. Muskogee County, OK has the lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Muskogee County, Oklahoma.
Is living in Muskogee County, Oklahoma good for avoiding long commute costs?
Commuters here spend an estimated 144 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,479 at a typical national wage. That's 9% less than the typical Oklahoma commuter spends.
When is peak congestion during the morning commute in Muskogee County, Oklahoma?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Muskogee 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.
Where are the quickest and slowest commutes among 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).