What is the average commute in Adair County, Oklahoma?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 25.7 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Adair County, Oklahoma work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 3.3%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 0.9 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

COUNTY · OK · GEOID 400012024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Adair County, Oklahoma

Name: Commute estimates for Adair County, Oklahoma
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 25.7 min one way; 3.3% worked from home, 78.6% drove alone, and 9.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip25.7 min±2.6 min MOE

Worked from home3.3%±0.9 pp MOE

Drove alone78.6%±1.9 pp MOE

60+ minute trip9.0%among commuters

U.S. Census Bureau ACS estimates for residents age 16+ who work. Commute time excludes people working from home.

01 / THE SHIFT

What changed in Adair County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed -0.0 percentage points.

These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.

Mean commute26.1 min → 25.7 min▼ 0.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.3% → 3.3%— 0.0 pp

Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.

Public transit0.1% → 0.3%▲ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.6% → 78.6%▼ 2.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Adair County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 78.6%; 0.3% used public transit and 3.3% worked from home.

Drive alone78.6% ±1.9 pp

Carpool11.8% ±2.3 pp

Public transit0.3% ±0.3 pp

Walk4.4% ±1.7 pp

Bicycle0.2% ±0.2 pp

Work from home3.3% ±0.9 pp

Each share uses 7,730 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Adair County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 59th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.

59^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 59% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

10^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 90% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

69^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 69% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

60^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 60% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Adair County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 7,730 workers age 16+, including 7,478 workers with reported travel time and 252 home workers.

Population estimate19,575± — MOE

Workers age 16+7,730± 341 MOE

Workers with travel time7,478± 339 MOE

Estimated home workers252± 70 MOE

Why the ± matters

ACS values are survey estimates. The margin of error is the 90% confidence interval published by the Census Bureau or calculated for a share from published component margins. Small differences can be sampling noise.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable Oklahoma commute records for Adair County

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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