ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · OK · GEOID 40142002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Choctaw, Oklahoma

Mean one-way trip26.0 min±3.8 min MOE
Worked from home8.0%±2.5 pp MOE
Drove alone81.8%±4.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.6%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 commute25.1 min → 26.0 min▲ 0.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.3% → 8.0%▲ 4.8 pp

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

Public transit0.9% → 1.1%▲ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone87.3% → 81.8%▼ 5.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone81.8% ±4.8 pp
Carpool5.3% ±2.4 pp
Public transit1.1% ±1.2 pp
Walk0.4% ±0.5 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp
Work from home8.0% ±2.5 pp

Each share uses 5,515 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.

57thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 57% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

31thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 69% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

69thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 69% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

13th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 87% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate12,303± 35 MOE
Workers age 16+5,515± 413 MOE
Workers with travel time5,072± 396 MOE
Estimated home workers443± 142 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.