ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · OK · GEOID 401132024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Osage County, Oklahoma

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 24.6 min one way; 7.3% worked from home, 79.0% drove alone, and 6.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip24.6 min±1.3 min MOE
Worked from home7.3%±1.2 pp MOE
Drove alone79.0%±1.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.3%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 Osage County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.2 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 commute24.9 min → 24.6 min▼ 0.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.0% → 7.3%▲ 1.3 pp

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

Public transit0.1% → 0.6%▲ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone82.6% → 79.0%▼ 3.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Osage County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 79.0%; 0.6% used public transit and 7.3% worked from home.

Drive alone79.0% ±1.8 pp
Carpool10.2% ±1.3 pp
Public transit0.6% ±0.4 pp
Walk2.0% ±0.7 pp
Bicycle0.1% ±0.1 pp
Work from home7.3% ±1.2 pp

Each share uses 19,004 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Osage County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 53th percentile among covered 25k–100k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

53thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 53% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

40thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 60% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

84thTransit percentile

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

39th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 61% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Osage County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 19,004 workers age 16+, including 17,620 workers with reported travel time and 1,384 home workers.

Population estimate45,997± — MOE
Workers age 16+19,004± 477 MOE
Workers with travel time17,620± 513 MOE
Estimated home workers1,384± 226 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 Osage 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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