Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · OK · GEOID 40611502024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Purcell, Oklahoma
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 19.2 min one way; 8.0% worked from home, 82.1% drove alone, and 4.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip19.2 min±3.6 min MOE
Worked from home8.0%±3.4 pp MOE
Drove alone82.1%±4.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.3%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 Purcell city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -5.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +1.5 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Purcell city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 82.1%; 0.0% used public transit and 8.0% worked from home.
Each share uses 2,903 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Purcell city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 17th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 83% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 70% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 71% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Purcell city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 2,903 workers age 16+, including 2,672 workers with reported travel time and 231 home workers.
Population estimate6,803± 35 MOE
Workers age 16+2,903± 276 MOE
Workers with travel time2,672± 287 MOE
Estimated home workers231± 102 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
All Oklahoma reports →Comparable Oklahoma commute records for Purcell city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.