ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · OK · GEOID 40002002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Ada, Oklahoma

Mean one-way trip13.7 min±1.2 min MOE
Worked from home4.4%±1.5 pp MOE
Drove alone80.9%±1.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.7%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 commute15.4 min → 13.7 min▼ 1.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home2.7% → 4.4%▲ 1.7 pp

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

Public transit0.3% → 0.2%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.4% → 80.9%▲ 0.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone80.9% ±1.9 pp
Carpool7.4% ±1.7 pp
Public transit0.2% ±0.2 pp
Walk5.7% ±1.4 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.2 pp
Work from home4.4% ±1.5 pp

Each share uses 7,711 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size places

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

3thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 97% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

10thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 90% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

44thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 56% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

14th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 86% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate16,575± 37 MOE
Workers age 16+7,711± 318 MOE
Workers with travel time7,372± 310 MOE
Estimated home workers339± 117 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.