ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · OK · GEOID 400112024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Blaine County, Oklahoma

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 19.0 min one way; 2.6% worked from home, 85.3% drove alone, and 6.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip19.0 min±2.2 min MOE
Worked from home2.6%±0.7 pp MOE
Drove alone85.3%±2.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.9%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 Blaine County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -5.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed -0.4 percentage points.

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

Mean commute24.7 min → 19.0 min▼ 5.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.0% → 2.6%▼ 0.4 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone86.9% → 85.3%▼ 1.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Blaine County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 85.3%; 0.0% used public transit and 2.6% worked from home.

Drive alone85.3% ±2.4 pp
Carpool9.6% ±2.3 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.5 pp
Walk0.8% ±0.5 pp
Bicycle0.6% ±0.7 pp
Work from home2.6% ±0.7 pp

Each share uses 3,194 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Blaine County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 20th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

20thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 80% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

5thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 95% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

20thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 80% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

42th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 58% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Blaine County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,194 workers age 16+, including 3,110 workers with reported travel time and 84 home workers.

Population estimate8,570± — MOE
Workers age 16+3,194± 164 MOE
Workers with travel time3,110± 155 MOE
Estimated home workers84± 24 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 Blaine 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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