ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · OK · GEOID 40220502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Durant, Oklahoma

Mean one-way trip17.0 min±1.7 min MOE
Worked from home7.1%±1.9 pp MOE
Drove alone79.3%±2.7 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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute14.3 min → 17.0 min▲ 2.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.7% → 7.1%▲ 3.4 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone81.6% → 79.3%▼ 2.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone79.3% ±2.7 pp
Carpool8.9% ±2.3 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.1 pp
Walk3.2% ±1.1 pp
Bicycle0.9% ±0.5 pp
Work from home7.1% ±1.9 pp

Each share uses 8,868 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.

9thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 91% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

26thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 74% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

38thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 62% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

27th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 73% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate19,746± 50 MOE
Workers age 16+8,868± 386 MOE
Workers with travel time8,234± 387 MOE
Estimated home workers634± 172 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.