ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · OK · GEOID 40794502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Weatherford, Oklahoma

Mean one-way trip16.3 min±2.6 min MOE
Worked from home3.6%±1.7 pp MOE
Drove alone82.8%±4.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip8.7%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 commute17.7 min → 16.3 min▼ 1.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home2.6% → 3.6%▲ 1.0 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone87.2% → 82.8%▼ 4.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone82.8% ±4.2 pp
Carpool9.9% ±3.5 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.1 pp
Walk3.8% ±2.0 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.2 pp
Work from home3.6% ±1.7 pp

Each share uses 6,425 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.

7thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 93% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

7thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 93% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

37thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 63% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

63th60+ minute percentile

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

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate12,004± 38 MOE
Workers age 16+6,425± 297 MOE
Workers with travel time6,196± 319 MOE
Estimated home workers229± 111 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.