ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · OK · GEOID 400892024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

McCurtain County, Oklahoma

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 24.0 min one way; 4.4% worked from home, 83.8% drove alone, and 8.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip24.0 min±1.9 min MOE
Worked from home4.4%±0.9 pp MOE
Drove alone83.8%±1.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip8.9%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 McCurtain County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +2.8 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 commute21.1 min → 24.0 min▲ 2.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home1.9% → 4.4%▲ 2.5 pp

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

Public transit0.3% → 0.0%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone86.0% → 83.8%▼ 2.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How McCurtain County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 83.8%; 0.0% used public transit and 4.4% worked from home.

Drive alone83.8% ±1.7 pp
Carpool9.2% ±1.4 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.0 pp
Walk0.9% ±0.5 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.2 pp
Work from home4.4% ±0.9 pp

Each share uses 11,870 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How McCurtain County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 46th percentile among covered 25k–100k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

46thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 54% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

11thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 89% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

16thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 84% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

68th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 68% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind McCurtain County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 11,870 workers age 16+, including 11,343 workers with reported travel time and 527 home workers.

Population estimate30,863± — MOE
Workers age 16+11,870± 431 MOE
Workers with travel time11,343± 438 MOE
Estimated home workers527± 106 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 McCurtain 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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