ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · OK · GEOID 40480002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Miami, Oklahoma

Mean one-way trip17.7 min±1.3 min MOE
Worked from home4.4%±1.0 pp MOE
Drove alone80.0%±1.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.2%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 commute17.0 min → 17.7 min▲ 0.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home2.3% → 4.4%▲ 2.1 pp

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

Public transit0.4% → 0.2%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone85.6% → 80.0%▼ 5.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone80.0% ±1.5 pp
Carpool11.1% ±1.7 pp
Public transit0.2% ±0.2 pp
Walk2.7% ±1.2 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.2 pp
Work from home4.4% ±1.0 pp

Each share uses 5,129 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.

11thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 89% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

11thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 89% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

46thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 54% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

19th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 81% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate12,926± 44 MOE
Workers age 16+5,129± 177 MOE
Workers with travel time4,901± 183 MOE
Estimated home workers228± 50 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.