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Commute Time Burden in Nowata County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Nowata County spend about 46 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 190 hours, about 7.9 full days, spent commuting. That is 20% more time on the road than the Oklahoma average of 19.0 minutes each way, a difference of 3.8 minutes.

Nowata County holds about 0.2% of Oklahoma's population but accounts for roughly 0.3% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Nowata County would save about 76 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,352 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)
Nowata County 22.8 min 45.5 min 190 hrs/yr $5,881 599
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

Nowata County
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Average commute time

On average, it takes 22.8 minutes to get to work in Nowata County. That's 2% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Slower than 86% 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 working from home. About 9.8% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Nowata County

  • Car: 88.6%
  • Worked at Home: 9.8%
  • Walked: 0.9%
  • Other: 0.6%
  • Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low

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

Public transit is unusually rare in Nowata County: 10.1 times less than the Oklahoma average (0.0% vs 0.3%).

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

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

Commute Mode Trends in Nowata County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Nowata 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 91.2% 6.5% 1.9% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1%
2010 92.3% 4.0% 3.2% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1%
2011 92.4% 3.7% 3.4% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.2% 0.1%
2012 93.8% 2.1% 3.4% 0.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.2% 0.1%
2013 94.1% 2.9% 2.4% 0.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.2% 0.0%
2014 94.8% 2.9% 1.6% 0.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.2% 0.0%
2015 94.6% 3.4% 1.0% 0.6% 0.2% 0.0% 0.2% 0.0%
2016 95.1% 3.4% 1.0% 0.4% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 93.4% 3.9% 1.4% 0.3% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.9%
2018 93.4% 4.1% 1.3% 0.3% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.6%
2019 91.7% 5.1% 2.0% 0.3% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.8%
2020 89.5% 6.6% 2.8% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.8%
2021 89.1% 7.2% 2.7% 0.0% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.9%
2022 88.0% 9.4% 2.3% 0.1% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1%
2023 87.8% 9.5% 2.2% 0.3% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1%
2024 88.6% 9.8% 0.9% 0.6% 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 2016 at 95.1% and lowest in 2023 at 87.8%. Overall it fell from 91.2% in 2009 to 88.6% in 2024, down 2.6 percentage points. It has risen in the latest release.

Working from home gained the most ground in Nowata County: its share of workers rose from 6.5% in 2009 to 9.8% in 2024, up 3.3 percentage points. Most of that increase, 4.7 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 1.9% to 0.9% of workers (down 1.0 percentage points).

Commute Start Times in Nowata County

  • Early BirdThe 3rd-earliest start among Oklahoma's 77 counties: half of commuters are on the road by 7:14 AM.
  • Rush-Hour DodgersThe 3rd-lowest share of rush-hour departures among Oklahoma's 77 counties: only 43.4% of commuters leave between 6:30 and 8:29 AM.

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Nowata County?

The bars show when commuters in Nowata 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
9.2%
5:00-5:29 AM
6.8%
5:30-5:59 AM
6.0%
6:00-6:29 AM
11.3%
6:30-6:59 AM
11.1%
7:00-7:29 AM
12.1%
7:30-7:59 AM
14.4%
8:00-8:29 AM
5.8%
8:30-8:59 AM
3.9%
9:00-9:59 AM
4.3%
10:00-10:59 AM
2.2%
11:00-11:59 AM
1.3%
12:00-3:59 PM
6.4%
4:00-11:59 PM
5.4%

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

The busiest time to head out in Nowata County is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 14.4% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.5% across Oklahoma. Early starts are more common than in Oklahoma: 22.0% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 13.9% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Oklahoma: 43.4% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 50.4% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (19.5%) 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 Nowata 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 Nowata 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 Nowata 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 Nowata County Oklahoma United States
2009 7:14 AM 7:39 AM 7:37 AM
2010 7:12 AM 7:38 AM 7:38 AM
2011 7:14 AM 7:37 AM 7:38 AM
2012 7:15 AM 7:37 AM 7:38 AM
2013 7:08 AM 7:36 AM 7:39 AM
2014 7:07 AM 7:35 AM 7:39 AM
2015 7:11 AM 7:35 AM 7:38 AM
2016 7:12 AM 7:34 AM 7:38 AM
2017 7:12 AM 7:34 AM 7:38 AM
2018 7:14 AM 7:34 AM 7:37 AM
2019 7:10 AM 7:34 AM 7:37 AM
2020 7:05 AM 7:34 AM 7:37 AM
2021 7:08 AM 7:34 AM 7:37 AM
2022 7:12 AM 7:34 AM 7:37 AM
2023 7:13 AM 7:34 AM 7:38 AM
2024 7:14 AM 7:35 AM 7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Nowata County were on the road by 7:14 AM, almost exactly the same as in 2009. Across Oklahoma, meanwhile, the typical commuter now leaves 4 minutes earlier than in 2009. Commuters in Nowata County now leave 24 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 Nowata County has moved 4 minutes later.

How does Nowata County's commute time compare?

Metric Nowata County Oklahoma US Average
Avg. Commute Time 22.8 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 9.8% 9.4% 15.0%
Walked 0.9% 1.8% 2.4%
Public Transit < 0.1% 0.3% 3.2%

The average commute time in Nowata County is 22.8 minutes, longer 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

Nowata County, OK Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Nowata County, OK is the smallest of the 6 counties compared here, 9,434 residents against a local median of 30,940. Nowata County, OK's one-way commute, at 22.8 min, runs 48% above the 15.4 min typical of the counties around it. That is the weaker end of the local range on this measure.

Work from home tells the same story from another angle: 9.8% against a local median of 7.6%, 30% above it. The counties themselves spread 11.5 min on one-way commute, so Nowata County, OK sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Nowata County, OK has the 5th lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.

Area Population One-way commute Work from home Typical departure
Nowata County, OK 9,434 22.8 min #5/6 9.8% #3/6 7:14 AM #1/6
Washington County, OK 53,323 15.4 min 7.6% 7:37 AM
Craig County, OK 14,302 17.6 min 10.5% 7:30 AM
Montgomery County, KS 30,940 13.7 min 3.5% 7:25 AM
Rogers County, OK 98,605 23.9 min 11.5% 7:21 AM
Labette County, KS 19,869 12.5 min 6.8% 7:34 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Nowata County, Oklahoma.

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

Commuters here spend an estimated 190 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,881 at a typical national wage. That's 20% more than the typical Oklahoma commuter spends.

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

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

How common is public transit use in Nowata 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.

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).