Commuting in Washita 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 Washita County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Washita County spend about 37 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 152 hours, about 6.3 full days, spent commuting. That is 4% less time on the road than the Oklahoma average of 19.0 minutes each way, a difference of 0.7 minutes.
Washita County holds about 0.3% of Oklahoma's population and accounts for roughly 0.3% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Washita County would save about 61 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,886 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)
Washita County
18.3 min
36.5 min
152 hrs/yr
$4,716
682
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
18.3
minutes to get to work in
Washita County.
That's 19% 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 7.1% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Washita County
Car:
86.8%
Worked at Home:
7.1%
Other:
4.2%
Walked:
1.2%
Motorcycle:
0.5%unusually high
Taxi:
0.1%
Bicycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Public Transportation:
< 0.1%unusually low
Riding a motorcycle is unusually common in Washita County: 3.8 times more than the Oklahoma average (0.5% vs 0.1%).
Public transit is essentially absent in Washita County, versus 0.3% in Oklahoma.
Biking is unusually rare in Washita County: 3.3 times less than the Oklahoma average (0.1% vs 0.2%).
Commute Mode Trends in Washita County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Washita 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
Other
Walked
Motorcycle
Taxi
Bicycle
Public Transportation
2009
90.1%
5.9%
1.0%
3.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2010
91.1%
5.4%
0.8%
2.7%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2011
91.4%
5.6%
0.9%
2.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2012
91.9%
5.4%
0.6%
1.9%
0.0%
0.0%
0.2%
0.0%
2013
91.0%
6.5%
0.5%
1.7%
0.0%
0.0%
0.2%
0.1%
2014
91.8%
5.3%
0.6%
2.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.3%
0.1%
2015
92.5%
5.3%
0.2%
1.7%
0.0%
0.0%
0.2%
0.1%
2016
92.8%
4.9%
0.1%
1.7%
0.1%
0.0%
0.2%
0.1%
2017
92.4%
5.4%
0.2%
1.8%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
2018
92.5%
4.7%
0.1%
1.7%
0.9%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2019
93.2%
4.5%
0.1%
1.4%
0.9%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2020
90.2%
3.2%
4.0%
1.5%
1.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2021
89.9%
3.5%
3.8%
1.5%
1.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2022
89.0%
4.7%
3.9%
1.3%
1.0%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
2023
87.9%
6.4%
4.2%
1.1%
0.4%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
2024
86.8%
7.1%
4.2%
1.2%
0.5%
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 93.2%. Overall it fell from 90.1% in 2009 to 86.8% in 2024, down 3.3 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 5 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Washita County: its share of workers rose from 5.9% in 2009 to 7.1% in 2024, up 1.2 percentage points. Most of that increase, 2.6 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 3.1% to 1.2% of workers (down 1.9 percentage points).
Commute Start Times in Washita County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Washita County?
The bars show when commuters in Washita 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 AMWashita County5.9%Oklahoma5.3%
5.9%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMWashita County3.3%Oklahoma3.7%
3.3%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMWashita County4.3%Oklahoma4.8%
4.3%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMWashita County9.8%Oklahoma8.5%
9.8%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMWashita County9.1%Oklahoma10.0%
9.1%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMWashita County21.1%Oklahoma15.2%
21.1%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMWashita County15.9%Oklahoma14.5%
15.9%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMWashita County9.4%Oklahoma10.7%
9.4%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMWashita County3.6%Oklahoma4.8%
3.6%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMWashita County7.3%Oklahoma5.7%
7.3%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMWashita County1.6%Oklahoma2.7%
1.6%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMWashita County0.1%Oklahoma1.2%
0.1%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMWashita County5.2%Oklahoma6.2%
5.2%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMWashita County3.3%Oklahoma6.6%
3.3%
Washita CountyOklahomaSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Washita County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 21.1% of commuters leave home, compared with 15.2% across Oklahoma. Early starts are about as common as in Oklahoma: 13.5% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 13.9% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Oklahoma: 55.6% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 50.4% there. About 1 in 6 commuters (17.5%) 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 Washita 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 Washita 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 Washita 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
Washita County
Oklahoma
United States
2009
7:37 AM
7:39 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:36 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:31 AM
7:36 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:28 AM
7:35 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:29 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:32 AM
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:32 AM
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:28 AM
7:34 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:27 AM
7:34 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:26 AM
7:34 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:21 AM
7:34 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:21 AM
7:34 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:23 AM
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:25 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Washita County were on the road by 7:25 AM, 12 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:37 AM). The shift is sharper than across Oklahoma, where the typical start moved 4 minutes earlier. Commuters in Washita 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 Washita County has moved 2 minutes earlier.
How does Washita County's commute time compare?
Metric
Washita County
Oklahoma
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
18.3 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
7.1%
9.4%
15.0%
Walked
1.2%
1.8%
2.4%
Public Transit
< 0.1%
0.3%
3.2%
The average commute time in Washita County is 18.3 minutes, shorter than the 19.0 minutes in Oklahoma.
0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.3% in Oklahoma. 1.2% commute by walking, lower than the 1.8% in Oklahoma.
Washita County, OK Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Washita County, OK is the 4th largest of the 6 counties compared here, 10,815 residents against a local median of 22,144. Washita County, OK's one-way commute, at 18.3 min, runs 53% above the 12.0 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: 7.1% against a local median of 5.3%, 34% above it. The counties themselves spread 7.6 min on one-way commute, so Washita County, OK sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Washita County, OK has the 5th lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Washita County, Oklahoma.
How much does the average commute cost workers in Washita County, Oklahoma?
Commuters here spend an estimated 152 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,716 at a typical national wage. That's 4% less than the typical Oklahoma commuter spends.
When is rush hour worst in Washita County, Oklahoma?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Washita 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.
How common is public transit use in Washita 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.
How do commute times compare across 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).