What is the average commute in Blackwell city, Oklahoma?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 22.7 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Blackwell city, Oklahoma work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 3.6%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.9 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · OK · GEOID 40066002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Blackwell, Oklahoma

Name: Commute estimates for Blackwell city, Oklahoma
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 22.7 min one way; 3.6% worked from home, 84.1% drove alone, and 8.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip22.7 min±4.7 min MOE

Worked from home3.6%±1.9 pp MOE

Drove alone84.1%±4.5 pp MOE

60+ minute trip8.7%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 Blackwell city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +2.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +0.3 percentage points.

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

Mean commute20.6 min → 22.7 min▲ 2.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.3% → 3.6%▲ 0.3 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.6% → 84.1%▲ 4.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Blackwell city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 84.1%; 0.0% used public transit and 3.6% worked from home.

Drive alone84.1% ±4.5 pp

Carpool9.0% ±3.6 pp

Public transit0.0% ±0.6 pp

Walk2.8% ±3.1 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.6 pp

Work from home3.6% ±1.9 pp

Each share uses 2,671 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Blackwell city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 36th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

36^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 64% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

7^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 93% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

63^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 63% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Blackwell city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,671 workers age 16+, including 2,575 workers with reported travel time and 96 home workers.

Population estimate6,042± 56 MOE

Workers age 16+2,671± 224 MOE

Workers with travel time2,575± 220 MOE

Estimated home workers96± 51 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 Blackwell 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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