Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · OK · GEOID 401432024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Tulsa County, Oklahoma
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 20.3 min one way; 11.5% worked from home, 76.0% drove alone, and 3.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip20.3 min±0.3 min MOE
Worked from home11.5%±0.4 pp MOE
Drove alone76.0%±0.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.0%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 Tulsa County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.1 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 Tulsa County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 76.0%; 0.3% used public transit and 11.5% worked from home.
Each share uses 323,528 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Tulsa County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 3th percentile among covered 500k+ countys; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 97% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 89% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 96% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 92% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Tulsa County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 323,528 workers age 16+, including 286,358 workers with reported travel time and 37,170 home workers.
Population estimate680,794± — MOE
Workers age 16+323,528± 1,874 MOE
Workers with travel time286,358± 2,058 MOE
Estimated home workers37,170± 1,378 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 Tulsa County
These 1 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.