What is the average commute in Ottawa County, Oklahoma?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 20.6 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 4.9%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 0.7 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 401152024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Ottawa County, Oklahoma

Name: Commute estimates for Ottawa County, Oklahoma
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 20.6 min one way; 4.9% worked from home, 81.7% drove alone, and 4.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip20.6 min±1.0 min MOE

Worked from home4.9%±0.7 pp MOE

Drove alone81.7%±1.3 pp MOE

60+ minute trip4.3%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 Ottawa County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.2 percentage points.

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

Mean commute20.6 min → 20.6 min▼ 0.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home2.7% → 4.9%▲ 2.2 pp

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

Public transit0.2% → 0.1%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone85.7% → 81.7%▼ 4.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Ottawa County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 81.7%; 0.1% used public transit and 4.9% worked from home.

Drive alone81.7% ±1.3 pp

Carpool10.6% ±1.1 pp

Public transit0.1% ±0.1 pp

Walk1.8% ±0.6 pp

Bicycle0.1% ±0.1 pp

Work from home4.9% ±0.7 pp

Each share uses 12,127 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Ottawa County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 19th percentile among covered 25k–100k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

19^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 81% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

14^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 86% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

38^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 62% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

14^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 86% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Ottawa County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 12,127 workers age 16+, including 11,538 workers with reported travel time and 589 home workers.

Population estimate30,341± — MOE

Workers age 16+12,127± 247 MOE

Workers with travel time11,538± 256 MOE

Estimated home workers589± 90 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 Ottawa 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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