ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · OK · GEOID 40437502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Lone Grove, Oklahoma

Mean one-way trip20.0 min±3.3 min MOE
Worked from home4.0%±2.4 pp MOE
Drove alone80.9%±6.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.7%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 commute20.6 min → 20.0 min▼ 0.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home2.8% → 4.0%▲ 1.2 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone76.1% → 80.9%▲ 4.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone80.9% ±6.1 pp
Carpool12.4% ±4.3 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.6 pp
Walk1.0% ±1.2 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.6 pp
Work from home4.0% ±2.4 pp

Each share uses 2,381 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.

21thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 79% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

9thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 91% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

51th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 51% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate5,125± 29 MOE
Workers age 16+2,381± 178 MOE
Workers with travel time2,285± 191 MOE
Estimated home workers96± 58 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.