Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · OK · GEOID 401192024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Payne County, Oklahoma
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 18.4 min one way; 8.8% worked from home, 72.0% drove alone, and 6.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip18.4 min±1.0 min MOE
Worked from home8.8%±1.6 pp MOE
Drove alone72.0%±1.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.1%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 Payne County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.7 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Payne County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 72.0%; 0.6% used public transit and 8.8% worked from home.
Each share uses 37,952 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Payne County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 8th percentile among covered 25k–100k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 92% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 57% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 81% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 63% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Payne County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 37,952 workers age 16+, including 34,599 workers with reported travel time and 3,353 home workers.
Population estimate82,972± — MOE
Workers age 16+37,952± 1,030 MOE
Workers with travel time34,599± 1,032 MOE
Estimated home workers3,353± 597 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
All Oklahoma reports →Comparable Oklahoma commute records for Payne County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.