What is the average commute in Harper County, Oklahoma?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 19.4 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 1.3%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.6 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 400592024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Harper County, Oklahoma

Name: Commute estimates for Harper County, Oklahoma
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 19.4 min one way; 1.3% worked from home, 88.3% drove alone, and 9.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip19.4 min±4.1 min MOE

Worked from home1.3%±1.6 pp MOE

Drove alone88.3%±5.1 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 Harper County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +3.6 minutes and the work-from-home share changed -3.2 percentage points.

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

Mean commute15.9 min → 19.4 min▲ 3.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.6% → 1.3%▼ 3.2 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.8% → 88.3%▲ 9.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Harper County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 88.3%; 0.0% used public transit and 1.3% worked from home.

Drive alone88.3% ±5.1 pp

Carpool8.1% ±4.2 pp

Public transit0.0% ±0.7 pp

Walk0.2% ±0.3 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.7 pp

Work from home1.3% ±1.6 pp

Each share uses 1,490 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Harper County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 23th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

23^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 77% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

2^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 98% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

20^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 80% 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 Harper County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 1,490 workers age 16+, including 1,470 workers with reported travel time and 20 home workers.

Population estimate3,203± — MOE

Workers age 16+1,490± 137 MOE

Workers with travel time1,470± 140 MOE

Estimated home workers20± 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 Harper 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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