ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · OK · GEOID 400552024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Greer County, Oklahoma

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 15.1 min one way; 6.8% worked from home, 84.0% drove alone, and 2.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip15.1 min±3.0 min MOE
Worked from home6.8%±4.3 pp MOE
Drove alone84.0%±6.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.0%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 Greer County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -5.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +1.3 percentage points.

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

Mean commute20.3 min → 15.1 min▼ 5.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.5% → 6.8%▲ 1.3 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone85.1% → 84.0%▼ 1.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Greer County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 84.0%; 0.0% used public transit and 6.8% worked from home.

Drive alone84.0% ±6.0 pp
Carpool7.3% ±3.2 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.8 pp
Walk0.6% ±0.9 pp
Bicycle1.0% ±1.3 pp
Work from home6.8% ±4.3 pp

Each share uses 1,847 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Greer County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 7th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

7thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 93% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

43thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 57% 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.

3th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 97% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Greer County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 1,847 workers age 16+, including 1,722 workers with reported travel time and 125 home workers.

Population estimate5,489± — MOE
Workers age 16+1,847± 224 MOE
Workers with travel time1,722± 222 MOE
Estimated home workers125± 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 Greer 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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