What is the average commute in Tulsa city, Oklahoma?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 18.9 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Tulsa city, Oklahoma work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 11.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 0.5 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · OK · GEOID 40750002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Tulsa, Oklahoma

Name: Commute estimates for Tulsa city, Oklahoma
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 18.9 min one way; 11.5% worked from home, 74.1% drove alone, and 2.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip18.9 min±0.4 min MOE

Worked from home11.5%±0.5 pp MOE

Drove alone74.1%±0.6 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 Tulsa city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.3 percentage points.

These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.

Mean commute18.6 min → 18.9 min▲ 0.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.2% → 11.5%▲ 4.3 pp

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

Public transit0.6% → 0.5%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.4% → 74.1%▼ 4.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Tulsa city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 74.1%; 0.5% used public transit and 11.5% worked from home.

Drive alone74.1% ±0.6 pp

Carpool10.3% ±0.4 pp

Public transit0.5% ±0.1 pp

Walk1.7% ±0.2 pp

Bicycle0.2% ±0.1 pp

Work from home11.5% ±0.5 pp

Each share uses 193,054 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Tulsa city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 11th percentile among covered 100k–500k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.

11^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 89% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

35^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 65% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

24^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 76% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

8^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 92% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Tulsa city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 193,054 workers age 16+, including 170,854 workers with reported travel time and 22,200 home workers.

Population estimate413,794± 125 MOE

Workers age 16+193,054± 1,608 MOE

Workers with travel time170,854± 1,580 MOE

Estimated home workers22,200± 1,023 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

Comparable Oklahoma commute records for Tulsa city

These 2 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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