ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · OK · GEOID 40668002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Shawnee, Oklahoma

Mean one-way trip20.2 min±1.5 min MOE
Worked from home7.0%±1.3 pp MOE
Drove alone79.6%±2.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.2%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 commute20.7 min → 20.2 min▼ 0.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.3% → 7.0%▲ 2.7 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone84.8% → 79.6%▼ 5.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone79.6% ±2.4 pp
Carpool9.0% ±1.6 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.0 pp
Walk2.1% ±1.0 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.2 pp
Work from home7.0% ±1.3 pp

Each share uses 12,882 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.

18thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 82% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

13thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 87% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

7thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 93% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

37th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 63% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate31,671± 56 MOE
Workers age 16+12,882± 400 MOE
Workers with travel time11,978± 434 MOE
Estimated home workers904± 169 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.