What is the average commute in Lawton city, Oklahoma?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 16.2 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 12.0%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.2 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 40418502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Lawton, Oklahoma

Name: Commute estimates for Lawton city, Oklahoma
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 16.2 min one way; 12.0% worked from home, 72.5% drove alone, and 2.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip16.2 min±0.9 min MOE

Worked from home12.0%±1.2 pp MOE

Drove alone72.5%±1.3 pp MOE

60+ minute trip2.7%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 Lawton city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed -0.9 percentage points.

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

Mean commute16.1 min → 16.2 min▲ 0.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home12.9% → 12.0%▼ 0.9 pp

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

Public transit1.1% → 0.5%▼ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone72.1% → 72.5%▲ 0.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Lawton city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 72.5%; 0.5% used public transit and 12.0% worked from home.

Drive alone72.5% ±1.3 pp

Carpool10.0% ±1.2 pp

Public transit0.5% ±0.3 pp

Walk2.5% ±0.6 pp

Bicycle0.4% ±0.3 pp

Work from home12.0% ±1.2 pp

Each share uses 40,185 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Lawton city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 4th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

4^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 96% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

41^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 59% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

38^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 62% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

9^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 91% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Lawton city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 40,185 workers age 16+, including 35,370 workers with reported travel time and 4,815 home workers.

Population estimate90,595± 42 MOE

Workers age 16+40,185± 927 MOE

Workers with travel time35,370± 862 MOE

Estimated home workers4,815± 481 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 Lawton 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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