ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · OK · GEOID 40178002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Coweta, Oklahoma

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 26.8 min one way; 7.8% worked from home, 84.4% drove alone, and 3.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip26.8 min±2.5 min MOE
Worked from home7.8%±2.6 pp MOE
Drove alone84.4%±2.2 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 Coweta city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.0 percentage points.

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

Mean commute26.4 min → 26.8 min▲ 0.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.8% → 7.8%▲ 2.0 pp

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

Public transit0.8% → 0.4%▼ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone82.9% → 84.4%▲ 1.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Coweta city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 84.4%; 0.4% used public transit and 7.8% worked from home.

Drive alone84.4% ±2.2 pp
Carpool5.2% ±2.2 pp
Public transit0.4% ±0.4 pp
Walk1.3% ±1.2 pp
Bicycle0.3% ±0.4 pp
Work from home7.8% ±2.6 pp

Each share uses 5,189 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Coweta city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 61th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

61thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 61% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

30thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 70% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

53thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 53% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

23th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 77% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Coweta city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 5,189 workers age 16+, including 4,782 workers with reported travel time and 407 home workers.

Population estimate10,433± 33 MOE
Workers age 16+5,189± 254 MOE
Workers with travel time4,782± 241 MOE
Estimated home workers407± 137 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 Coweta 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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