ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · OK · GEOID 40483502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Midwest City, Oklahoma

Mean one-way trip22.8 min±1.4 min MOE
Worked from home10.6%±1.3 pp MOE
Drove alone75.5%±2.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.8%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 commute22.3 min → 22.8 min▲ 0.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.2% → 10.6%▲ 4.4 pp

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

Public transit0.5% → 0.2%▼ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone81.2% → 75.5%▼ 5.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone75.5% ±2.2 pp
Carpool10.6% ±1.8 pp
Public transit0.2% ±0.1 pp
Walk2.0% ±0.9 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.2 pp
Work from home10.6% ±1.3 pp

Each share uses 25,485 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.

32thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 68% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

33thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 67% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

19thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 81% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

11th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 89% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate58,297± 74 MOE
Workers age 16+25,485± 876 MOE
Workers with travel time22,774± 861 MOE
Estimated home workers2,711± 345 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.