Owasso Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Owasso, 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 Owasso: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Owasso spend about 41 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 169 hours, about 7.0 full days, spent commuting. That is 7% more time on the road than the Oklahoma average of 19.0 minutes each way, a difference of 1.3 minutes.

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

Working from home just 2 days a week in Owasso would save about 68 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,096 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)
Owasso	20.3 min	40.6 min	169 hrs/yr	$5,240	2,264
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.

Owasso Commute Map

On average, it takes 20.3 minutes to get to work in Owasso. That's 9% 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 13.4% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Owasso

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

Commute Mode Trends in Owasso, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Owasso 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	Motorcycle	Bicycle	Taxi
2009	92.1%	4.6%	1.9%	0.6%	0.1%	0.7%	0.0%	0.0%
2010	93.0%	3.7%	1.6%	0.7%	0.2%	0.7%	0.0%	0.0%
2011	93.3%	4.0%	1.3%	0.4%	0.3%	0.7%	0.0%	0.1%
2012	93.4%	4.1%	1.1%	0.4%	0.2%	0.5%	0.3%	0.1%
2013	93.4%	4.7%	1.0%	0.3%	0.3%	0.1%	0.3%	0.0%
2014	93.7%	4.3%	0.9%	0.5%	0.3%	0.1%	0.3%	0.0%
2015	93.5%	4.1%	0.8%	0.7%	0.2%	0.1%	0.3%	0.4%
2016	93.3%	4.3%	0.9%	0.6%	0.2%	0.1%	0.3%	0.3%
2017	94.3%	3.9%	0.7%	0.6%	0.1%	0.2%	0.0%	0.3%
2018	94.3%	3.9%	0.7%	0.7%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%	0.2%
2019	94.8%	3.5%	0.5%	0.7%	0.0%	0.3%	0.0%	0.2%
2020	92.8%	5.9%	0.7%	0.5%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%
2021	90.4%	8.3%	0.8%	0.4%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%
2022	87.7%	10.9%	0.8%	0.5%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	87.0%	11.5%	0.8%	0.6%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	85.0%	13.4%	0.9%	0.5%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	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 94.8%. Overall it fell from 92.1% in 2009 to 85.0% in 2024, down 7.1 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 5 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Owasso: its share of workers rose from 4.6% in 2009 to 13.4% in 2024, up 8.8 percentage points. Most of that increase, 9.9 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 Owasso

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Owasso?

The bars show when commuters in Owasso 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		7.7%
5:00-5:29 AM		3.2%
5:30-5:59 AM		4.0%
6:00-6:29 AM		7.9%
6:30-6:59 AM		11.7%
7:00-7:29 AM		16.6%
7:30-7:59 AM		14.3%
8:00-8:29 AM		7.6%
8:30-8:59 AM		3.7%
9:00-9:59 AM		5.8%
10:00-10:59 AM		3.3%
11:00-11:59 AM		1.9%
12:00-3:59 PM		6.0%
4:00-11:59 PM		6.5%

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

The busiest time to head out in Owasso is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 16.6% of commuters leave home, compared with 15.2% across Oklahoma. Early starts are about as common as in Oklahoma: 14.8% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 13.9% there. The morning rush looks much like Oklahoma's: 50.2% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 50.4% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (23.4%) 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 Owasso, 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 Owasso 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 Owasso 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	Owasso	Oklahoma	United States
2009	7:41 AM	7:39 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:39 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	7:35 AM	7:36 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:35 AM	7:35 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:36 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:34 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:33 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:28 AM	7:34 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:29 AM	7:34 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:24 AM	7:34 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:23 AM	7:34 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:26 AM	7:34 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:27 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:28 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Owasso were on the road by 7:28 AM, 13 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:41 AM). The shift is sharper than across Oklahoma, where the typical start moved 4 minutes earlier. Commuters in Owasso now leave 10 minutes earlier than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM).

How does Owasso's commute time compare?

Metric	Owasso	Oklahoma	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	20.3 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	13.4%	9.4%	15.0%
Walked	0.9%	1.8%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.1%	0.3%	3.2%

The average commute time in Owasso is 20.3 minutes, longer than the 19.0 minutes in Oklahoma.

0.1% 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

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Owasso, Oklahoma.

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

Commuters here spend an estimated 169 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,240 at a typical national wage. That's 7% more than the typical Oklahoma commuter spends.

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

Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Owasso, 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.

Is Owasso, Oklahoma a good location for remote and hybrid workers?

About 13.4% of workers here already work from home. Working from home just 2 days a week in Owasso would save about 68 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,096 at the same national wage assumption used above.