ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · OK · GEOID 401512024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Woods County, Oklahoma

Mean one-way trip14.7 min±2.4 min MOE
Worked from home1.4%±1.1 pp MOE
Drove alone80.3%±4.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.8%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 commute14.7 min → 14.7 min▼ 0.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home2.8% → 1.4%▼ 1.4 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone81.3% → 80.3%▼ 1.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone80.3% ±4.3 pp
Carpool9.9% ±3.6 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.4 pp
Walk7.9% ±3.4 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home1.4% ±1.1 pp

Each share uses 4,066 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.

5thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 95% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

2thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 98% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

20thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 80% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

12th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 88% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate8,596± — MOE
Workers age 16+4,066± 265 MOE
Workers with travel time4,008± 267 MOE
Estimated home workers58± 43 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.