ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · OK · GEOID 400852024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Love County, Oklahoma

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 23.4 min one way; 4.5% worked from home, 78.8% drove alone, and 6.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip23.4 min±1.8 min MOE
Worked from home4.5%±1.4 pp MOE
Drove alone78.8%±2.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.2%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 Love County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed -0.5 percentage points.

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

Mean commute22.4 min → 23.4 min▲ 1.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.0% → 4.5%▼ 0.5 pp

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

Public transit0.1% → 0.0%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone82.1% → 78.8%▼ 3.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Love County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 78.8%; 0.0% used public transit and 4.5% worked from home.

Drive alone78.8% ±2.8 pp
Carpool14.0% ±2.5 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.4 pp
Walk1.8% ±0.7 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home4.5% ±1.4 pp

Each share uses 4,451 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Love 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.

20thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 80% 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.

34th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 66% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Love County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,451 workers age 16+, including 4,252 workers with reported travel time and 199 home workers.

Population estimate10,261± — MOE
Workers age 16+4,451± 173 MOE
Workers with travel time4,252± 160 MOE
Estimated home workers199± 62 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 Love 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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