Woods County Commute Time Map & Patterns

Commute Time Burden in Woods County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Woods County spend about 17 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 71 hours, about 2.9 full days, spent commuting. That is 55% less time on the road than the Oklahoma average of 19.0 minutes each way, a difference of 10.5 minutes.

Woods County holds about 0.2% of Oklahoma's population but accounts for roughly 0.1% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Woods County would save about 28 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $874 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)
Woods County	8.5 min	16.9 min	71 hrs/yr	$2,186	225
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 8.5 minutes to get to work in Woods County. That's 62% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Among the top 3 fastest 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 walking. About 1.4% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Woods County

• Car: 90.2%
• Walked: 7.9% unusually high
• Worked at Home: 1.4% unusually low
• Other: 0.4%
• 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 Woods County, versus 0.1% in Oklahoma.

Walking is unusually common in Woods County: 4.5 times more than the Oklahoma average (7.9% vs 1.8%).

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

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

Working from home is unusually rare in Woods County: 6.6 times less than the Oklahoma average (1.4% vs 9.4%).

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

Woods County stands out for active commuting: 7.9% of workers walk or bike to work, 4.0 times the Oklahoma average of 2.0%.

Commute Mode Trends in Woods County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Woods 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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• Walked
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Show commute mode data by year

Year	Car	Walked	Worked at Home	Other	Public Transportation	Taxi	Motorcycle	Bicycle
2009	87.2%	8.0%	4.5%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%
2010	89.9%	5.9%	3.7%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.4%	0.0%
2011	92.0%	3.9%	3.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.5%	0.0%
2012	93.1%	2.8%	3.2%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.4%	0.0%
2013	92.2%	2.5%	4.6%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%
2014	92.4%	2.4%	4.6%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%
2015	90.0%	4.1%	5.0%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%	0.4%
2016	88.3%	5.2%	5.5%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%	0.3%
2017	89.0%	4.8%	4.8%	0.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%	0.4%
2018	91.2%	4.4%	2.7%	1.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%	0.5%
2019	89.8%	4.1%	4.1%	1.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.3%	0.5%
2020	91.9%	3.0%	4.0%	1.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2021	91.3%	5.2%	2.8%	0.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2022	89.7%	7.2%	3.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	88.7%	9.1%	2.0%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	90.2%	7.9%	1.4%	0.4%	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 peaked in 2012 at 93.1%. Overall it rose from 87.2% in 2009 to 90.2% in 2024, up 3.0 percentage points. It has risen in the latest release.

Working from home lost the most ground, falling from 4.5% to 1.4% of workers (down 3.1 percentage points).

Walking peaked at 9.1% in 2023 and has since fallen back to 7.9%.

Commute Start Times in Woods County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Woods County?

The bars show when commuters in Woods 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 Woods County1.2% Oklahoma5.3%	1.2%
5:00-5:29 AM	5:00-5:29 AM Woods County1.2% Oklahoma3.7%	1.2%
5:30-5:59 AM	5:30-5:59 AM Woods County4.5% Oklahoma4.8%	4.5%
6:00-6:29 AM	6:00-6:29 AM Woods County4.4% Oklahoma8.5%	4.4%
6:30-6:59 AM	6:30-6:59 AM Woods County10.6% Oklahoma10.0%	10.6%
7:00-7:29 AM	7:00-7:29 AM Woods County12.8% Oklahoma15.2%	12.8%
7:30-7:59 AM	7:30-7:59 AM Woods County28.2% Oklahoma14.5%	28.2%
8:00-8:29 AM	8:00-8:29 AM Woods County9.1% Oklahoma10.7%	9.1%
8:30-8:59 AM	8:30-8:59 AM Woods County4.1% Oklahoma4.8%	4.1%
9:00-9:59 AM	9:00-9:59 AM Woods County4.5% Oklahoma5.7%	4.5%
10:00-10:59 AM	10:00-10:59 AM Woods County6.4% Oklahoma2.7%	6.4%
11:00-11:59 AM	11:00-11:59 AM Woods County1.8% Oklahoma1.2%	1.8%
12:00-3:59 PM	12:00-3:59 PM Woods County6.3% Oklahoma6.2%	6.3%
4:00-11:59 PM	4:00-11:59 PM Woods County5.0% Oklahoma6.6%	5.0%

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

The busiest time to head out in Woods County is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 28.2% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.5% across Oklahoma. Early starts are less common than in Oklahoma: 6.9% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 13.9% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Oklahoma: 60.7% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 50.4% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (24.0%) 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 Woods 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 Woods 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 Woods 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	Woods County	Oklahoma	United States
2009	7:43 AM	7:39 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:46 AM	7:38 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:50 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:42 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:41 AM	7:36 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:38 AM	7:35 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:42 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:45 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:48 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:49 AM	7:34 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:49 AM	7:34 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:46 AM	7:34 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:45 AM	7:34 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:42 AM	7:34 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:44 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:46 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Woods County were on the road by 7:46 AM, 4 minutes later than in 2009 (7:43 AM). That goes against the trend across Oklahoma, where the typical commuter now leaves 4 minutes earlier than in 2009. Commuters in Woods County now leave 8 minutes later than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). Since the 2019 release, which covers the years just before the pandemic, the typical start in Woods County has moved 3 minutes earlier.

How does Woods County's commute time compare?

Metric	Woods County	Oklahoma	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	8.5 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	1.4%	9.4%	15.0%
Walked	7.9%	1.8%	2.4%
Public Transit	< 0.1%	0.3%	3.2%

The average commute time in Woods County is 8.5 minutes, shorter than the 19.0 minutes in Oklahoma.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.3% in Oklahoma. 7.9% commute by walking, higher than the 1.8% in Oklahoma.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau