Roger Mills County Commute Time Map & Patterns

Commute Time Burden in Roger Mills County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Roger Mills County spend about 36 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 149 hours, about 6.2 full days, spent commuting. That is 6% less time on the road than the Oklahoma average of 19.0 minutes each way, a difference of 1.0 minutes.

Roger Mills County holds about 0.1% of Oklahoma's population and accounts for roughly 0.1% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Roger Mills County would save about 60 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,853 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)
Roger Mills County	17.9 min	35.9 min	149 hrs/yr	$4,632	237
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.

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On average, it takes 17.9 minutes to get to work in Roger Mills County. That's 20% 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 6.4% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Roger Mills County

• Car: 86.2%
• Worked at Home: 6.4%
• Walked: 5.9% unusually high
• Other: 1.5%
• 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 essentially absent in Roger Mills County, versus 0.1% in Oklahoma.

Walking is unusually common in Roger Mills County: 3.3 times more than the Oklahoma average (5.9% vs 1.8%).

Public transit is essentially absent in Roger Mills County, versus 0.3% in Oklahoma.

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

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

Commute Mode Trends in Roger Mills County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Roger Mills 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.

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Show commute mode data by year

Year	Car	Worked at Home	Walked	Other	Public Transportation	Taxi	Motorcycle	Bicycle
2009	87.6%	9.1%	1.7%	1.1%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2010	86.9%	9.6%	1.8%	1.2%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2011	87.4%	8.7%	2.0%	1.4%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2012	86.2%	9.8%	2.0%	1.8%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2013	85.2%	11.7%	2.3%	0.6%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2014	85.0%	12.2%	2.1%	0.6%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2015	85.6%	9.9%	3.7%	0.6%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2016	89.5%	7.1%	3.1%	0.2%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2017	88.8%	8.6%	2.3%	0.1%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2018	88.1%	9.3%	2.1%	0.2%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2019	86.2%	9.9%	2.4%	1.4%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2020	86.1%	8.9%	3.4%	1.4%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2021	83.3%	8.7%	5.9%	2.1%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2022	84.5%	6.8%	6.3%	2.1%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	85.0%	6.6%	6.2%	2.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	86.2%	6.4%	5.9%	1.5%	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 89.5% and lowest in 2021 at 83.3%. Overall it fell from 87.6% in 2009 to 86.2% in 2024, down 1.4 percentage points. It has risen in each of the last 3 releases.

Walking gained the most ground in Roger Mills County: its share of workers rose from 1.7% in 2009 to 5.9% in 2024, up 4.2 percentage points. Most of that increase, 3.5 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Working from home lost the most ground, falling from 9.1% to 6.4% of workers (down 2.7 percentage points).

Commute Start Times in Roger Mills County

• 🚦 Rush-Hour RegularsThe 3rd-highest share of rush-hour departures among Oklahoma's 77 counties: 63.6% of commuters leave between 6:30 and 8:29 AM.

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Roger Mills County?

The bars show when commuters in Roger Mills 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 AM Roger Mills County5.6% Oklahoma5.3%	5.6%
5:00-5:29 AM	5:00-5:29 AM Roger Mills County2.2% Oklahoma3.7%	2.2%
5:30-5:59 AM	5:30-5:59 AM Roger Mills County2.3% Oklahoma4.8%	2.3%
6:00-6:29 AM	6:00-6:29 AM Roger Mills County8.5% Oklahoma8.5%	8.5%
6:30-6:59 AM	6:30-6:59 AM Roger Mills County11.3% Oklahoma10.0%	11.3%
7:00-7:29 AM	7:00-7:29 AM Roger Mills County21.9% Oklahoma15.2%	21.9%
7:30-7:59 AM	7:30-7:59 AM Roger Mills County15.7% Oklahoma14.5%	15.7%
8:00-8:29 AM	8:00-8:29 AM Roger Mills County14.6% Oklahoma10.7%	14.6%
8:30-8:59 AM	8:30-8:59 AM Roger Mills County1.2% Oklahoma4.8%	1.2%
9:00-9:59 AM	9:00-9:59 AM Roger Mills County5.5% Oklahoma5.7%	5.5%
10:00-10:59 AM	10:00-10:59 AM Roger Mills County3.4% Oklahoma2.7%	3.4%
11:00-11:59 AM	11:00-11:59 AM Roger Mills County0.0% Oklahoma1.2%	0.0%
12:00-3:59 PM	12:00-3:59 PM Roger Mills County3.1% Oklahoma6.2%	3.1%
4:00-11:59 PM	4:00-11:59 PM Roger Mills County4.6% Oklahoma6.6%	4.6%

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

The busiest time to head out in Roger Mills County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 21.9% of commuters leave home, compared with 15.2% across Oklahoma. Early starts are less common than in Oklahoma: 10.1% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 13.9% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Oklahoma: 63.6% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 50.4% there. About 1 in 6 commuters (16.7%) 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 Roger Mills 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 Roger Mills 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 Roger Mills 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.

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Show typical departure times by year

Year	Roger Mills County	Oklahoma	United States
2009	7:28 AM	7:39 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:23 AM	7:38 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:21 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:20 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:20 AM	7:36 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:23 AM	7:35 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:26 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:28 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:26 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	7:27 AM	7:34 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:25 AM	7:34 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:26 AM	7:34 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:29 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:28 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Roger Mills County were on the road by 7:28 AM, almost exactly the same as in 2009. Across Oklahoma, meanwhile, the typical commuter now leaves 4 minutes earlier than in 2009. Commuters in Roger Mills County now leave 10 minutes earlier than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM).

How does Roger Mills County's commute time compare?

Metric	Roger Mills County	Oklahoma	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	17.9 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	6.4%	9.4%	15.0%
Walked	5.9%	1.8%	2.4%
Public Transit	< 0.1%	0.3%	3.2%

The average commute time in Roger Mills County is 17.9 minutes, shorter than the 19.0 minutes in Oklahoma.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.3% in Oklahoma. 5.9% commute by walking, higher than the 1.8% in Oklahoma.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau