ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · OK · GEOID 401252024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma

Mean one-way trip24.2 min±1.2 min MOE
Worked from home8.4%±0.9 pp MOE
Drove alone78.7%±1.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.5%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute24.4 min → 24.2 min▼ 0.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.9% → 8.4%▲ 3.5 pp

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

Public transit0.1% → 0.0%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone84.5% → 78.7%▼ 5.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone78.7% ±1.5 pp
Carpool9.5% ±1.1 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.0 pp
Walk1.9% ±0.5 pp
Bicycle0.1% ±0.1 pp
Work from home8.4% ±0.9 pp

Each share uses 29,734 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size countys

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

49thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 51% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

52thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 52% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

12thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 88% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

43th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 57% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate73,463± — MOE
Workers age 16+29,734± 674 MOE
Workers with travel time27,225± 733 MOE
Estimated home workers2,509± 260 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.