ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · OK · GEOID 40090502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Broken Arrow, Oklahoma

Mean one-way trip21.9 min±0.8 min MOE
Worked from home11.4%±0.8 pp MOE
Drove alone79.1%±1.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.7%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 commute21.5 min → 21.9 min▲ 0.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.5% → 11.4%▲ 3.9 pp

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

Public transit0.1% → 0.0%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone82.6% → 79.1%▼ 3.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone79.1% ±1.5 pp
Carpool8.0% ±0.7 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.0 pp
Walk0.5% ±0.2 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.0 pp
Work from home11.4% ±0.8 pp

Each share uses 58,220 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.

30thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 70% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

34thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 66% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

1thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 99% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

22th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 78% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate118,180± 114 MOE
Workers age 16+58,220± 968 MOE
Workers with travel time51,567± 1,065 MOE
Estimated home workers6,653± 467 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.