Stephens County Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Stephens 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 Stephens County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Stephens County spend about 34 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 141 hours, about 5.9 full days, spent commuting. That is 11% less time on the road than the Oklahoma average of 19.0 minutes each way, a difference of 2.0 minutes.

Stephens County holds about 1.1% of Oklahoma's population but accounts for roughly 1.0% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Stephens County would save about 56 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,749 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)
Stephens County	16.9 min	33.9 min	141 hrs/yr	$4,373	1,083
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

Cimarron County (4.8 min)
Woods County (8.5 min)
Harmon County (8.8 min)

Slowest commutes among counties in Oklahoma

Cotton County (30.4 min)
Logan County (28.5 min)
Lincoln County (28.0 min)

Compare commute times among different counties

Stephens County

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Average commute time

On average, it takes 16.9 minutes to get to work in Stephens County. That's 24% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

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 5.6% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Stephens County

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

Commute Mode Trends in Stephens County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Stephens 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	Motorcycle	Bicycle	Public Transportation	Taxi
2009	94.8%	2.6%	1.2%	0.8%	0.4%	0.1%	0.1%	0.0%
2010	95.2%	2.4%	1.0%	1.0%	0.3%	0.1%	0.2%	0.0%
2011	94.8%	2.5%	1.1%	0.9%	0.3%	0.2%	0.1%	0.0%
2012	94.7%	2.6%	1.1%	1.0%	0.3%	0.2%	0.1%	0.0%
2013	93.7%	2.6%	1.2%	1.4%	0.2%	0.3%	0.6%	0.0%
2014	93.5%	2.0%	1.6%	1.8%	0.1%	0.3%	0.6%	0.0%
2015	93.1%	2.0%	1.9%	1.8%	0.3%	0.3%	0.6%	0.0%
2016	93.1%	2.5%	1.9%	1.4%	0.3%	0.1%	0.6%	0.1%
2017	92.0%	3.2%	2.0%	1.3%	0.3%	0.5%	0.5%	0.2%
2018	92.0%	3.8%	2.1%	1.1%	0.3%	0.5%	0.1%	0.2%
2019	92.7%	3.9%	1.6%	0.7%	0.3%	0.5%	0.1%	0.2%
2020	92.7%	3.7%	2.1%	0.7%	0.1%	0.5%	0.1%	0.2%
2021	93.0%	3.6%	1.6%	1.1%	0.1%	0.5%	0.1%	0.1%
2022	93.2%	4.1%	1.3%	0.8%	0.3%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	92.4%	4.8%	1.2%	0.9%	0.2%	0.4%	0.1%	0.0%
2024	91.8%	5.6%	1.3%	0.7%	0.2%	0.2%	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 2010 at 95.2%. Overall it fell from 94.8% in 2009 to 91.8% in 2024, down 3.0 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 2 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Stephens County: its share of workers rose from 2.6% in 2009 to 5.6% in 2024, up 3.0 percentage points.

Commute Start Times in Stephens County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Stephens County?

The bars show when commuters in Stephens 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		5.0%
5:00-5:29 AM		6.3%
5:30-5:59 AM		7.5%
6:00-6:29 AM		9.9%
6:30-6:59 AM		8.9%
7:00-7:29 AM		15.3%
7:30-7:59 AM		17.5%
8:00-8:29 AM		9.2%
8:30-8:59 AM		3.3%
9:00-9:59 AM		5.0%
10:00-10:59 AM		1.4%
11:00-11:59 AM		1.1%
12:00-3:59 PM		4.0%
4:00-11:59 PM		5.5%

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

The busiest time to head out in Stephens County is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 17.5% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.5% across Oklahoma. Early starts are more common than in Oklahoma: 18.8% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 13.9% there. The morning rush looks much like Oklahoma's: 50.9% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 50.4% there. About 1 in 6 commuters (17.1%) 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 Stephens 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 Stephens 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 Stephens 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	Stephens County	Oklahoma	United States
2009	7:26 AM	7:39 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:26 AM	7:38 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:25 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:27 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:27 AM	7:36 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:26 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	7:29 AM	7:34 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:28 AM	7:34 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:30 AM	7:34 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:28 AM	7:34 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:29 AM	7:34 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:24 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:24 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Stephens County were on the road by 7:24 AM, 1 minute earlier than in 2009 (7:26 AM). Across Oklahoma the shift was bigger still, with the typical start moving 4 minutes earlier. Commuters in Stephens County now leave 14 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 Stephens County has moved 4 minutes earlier.

How does Stephens County's commute time compare?

Metric	Stephens County	Oklahoma	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	16.9 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	5.6%	9.4%	15.0%
Walked	1.3%	1.8%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.1%	0.3%	3.2%

The average commute time in Stephens County is 16.9 minutes, shorter than the 19.0 minutes in Oklahoma.

0.1% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.3% in Oklahoma. 1.3% commute by walking, lower than the 1.8% in Oklahoma.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Stephens County, OK Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Stephens County, OK is the 3rd largest of the 6 counties compared here, 43,550 residents against a local median of 25,859. Nothing separates Stephens County, OK sharply from the counties around it. Each measure below lands within 15% of the local median, close enough that the differences are within what survey sampling alone would produce.

The largest of those small differences is one-way commute, 8% below the local median at 16.9 min against 18.5 min. Stephens County, OK has the 2nd lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Stephens County, OK	43,550	16.9 min #2/6	5.6% #4/6	7:24 AM #2/6
Jefferson County, OK	5,379	18.3 min	5.7%	7:26 AM
Grady County, OK	56,605	23.3 min	7.5%	7:25 AM
Cotton County, OK	5,485	30.4 min	3.5%	7:37 AM
Garvin County, OK	25,859	18.5 min	6.8%	7:23 AM
Carter County, OK	48,553	16.5 min	5.0%	7:34 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Stephens County, Oklahoma.

What is the financial impact of commuting in Stephens County, Oklahoma?

Commuters here spend an estimated 141 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,373 at a typical national wage. That's 11% less than the typical Oklahoma commuter spends.

What are the busiest morning travel hours in Stephens County, Oklahoma?

Traffic peaks between 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM in Stephens 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.

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).