ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · OK · GEOID 40044502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Bartlesville, Oklahoma

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 17.5 min one way; 8.0% worked from home, 75.6% drove alone, and 4.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip17.5 min±1.3 min MOE
Worked from home8.0%±1.7 pp MOE
Drove alone75.6%±2.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.1%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 Bartlesville city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.5 percentage points.

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

Mean commute18.2 min → 17.5 min▼ 0.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.5% → 8.0%▲ 3.5 pp

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

Public transit0.2% → 0.4%▲ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.0% → 75.6%▼ 3.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Bartlesville city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 75.6%; 0.4% used public transit and 8.0% worked from home.

Drive alone75.6% ±2.2 pp
Carpool12.3% ±1.5 pp
Public transit0.4% ±0.3 pp
Walk1.9% ±0.7 pp
Bicycle0.4% ±0.3 pp
Work from home8.0% ±1.7 pp

Each share uses 16,071 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Bartlesville city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 8th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

8thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 92% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

18thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

30thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 70% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

26th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 74% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Bartlesville city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 16,071 workers age 16+, including 14,785 workers with reported travel time and 1,286 home workers.

Population estimate37,878± 46 MOE
Workers age 16+16,071± 531 MOE
Workers with travel time14,785± 558 MOE
Estimated home workers1,286± 272 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 Bartlesville city

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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