ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · OK · GEOID 400232024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Choctaw County, Oklahoma

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 23.4 min one way; 6.0% worked from home, 76.3% drove alone, and 7.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip23.4 min±1.9 min MOE
Worked from home6.0%±1.4 pp MOE
Drove alone76.3%±3.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.2%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 Choctaw County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.5 percentage points.

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

Mean commute22.7 min → 23.4 min▲ 0.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.5% → 6.0%▲ 2.5 pp

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

Public transit1.0% → 0.5%▼ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.3% → 76.3%▼ 3.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Choctaw County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 76.3%; 0.5% used public transit and 6.0% worked from home.

Drive alone76.3% ±3.0 pp
Carpool15.0% ±3.0 pp
Public transit0.5% ±0.5 pp
Walk1.0% ±0.7 pp
Bicycle0.5% ±0.3 pp
Work from home6.0% ±1.4 pp

Each share uses 5,542 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Choctaw County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 44th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

44thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 56% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

36thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 64% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

80thTransit percentile

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

44th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 56% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Choctaw County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 5,542 workers age 16+, including 5,209 workers with reported travel time and 333 home workers.

Population estimate14,297± — MOE
Workers age 16+5,542± 231 MOE
Workers with travel time5,209± 233 MOE
Estimated home workers333± 80 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 Choctaw 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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