ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · OK · GEOID 401452024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Wagoner County, Oklahoma

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 26.2 min one way; 9.2% worked from home, 80.1% drove alone, and 4.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip26.2 min±0.8 min MOE
Worked from home9.2%±0.8 pp MOE
Drove alone80.1%±1.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.9%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 Wagoner County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.1 percentage points.

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

Mean commute25.8 min → 26.2 min▲ 0.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.1% → 9.2%▲ 3.1 pp

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

Public transit0.3% → 0.1%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone82.7% → 80.1%▼ 2.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Wagoner County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 80.1%; 0.1% used public transit and 9.2% worked from home.

Drive alone80.1% ±1.2 pp
Carpool8.9% ±0.9 pp
Public transit0.1% ±0.1 pp
Walk0.8% ±0.3 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.0 pp
Work from home9.2% ±0.8 pp

Each share uses 40,711 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Wagoner County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 66th percentile among covered 25k–100k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

66thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 66% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

62thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 62% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

33thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 67% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

21th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 79% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Wagoner County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 40,711 workers age 16+, including 36,958 workers with reported travel time and 3,753 home workers.

Population estimate86,609± — MOE
Workers age 16+40,711± 615 MOE
Workers with travel time36,958± 603 MOE
Estimated home workers3,753± 338 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 Wagoner 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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