See what the average commute is in Alfalfa County, OK

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December 30, 2022
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See what the average commute is in Alfalfa County, OK

American commutes are getting longer, with a U.S. Census Bureau report released in 2021 revealing the average one-way commute in 2019 reached a record high of 27.6 minutes. Combined with high gas prices, workers' daily commutes are increasingly time-consuming and expensive—so much so that some are calling for commutes to count as part of the workday.

Even worse are travel times for "super commuters"—that unlucky 10% of Americans traveling more than one hour each way to punch a clock.

Stacker compiled statistics about the average commute in Alfalfa County using data from the U.S. Census Bureau. Statistics are calculated based on 2020 5-year estimates. Alfalfa County has a longer commute than all of its five neighboring counties, with Woods County, OK having the shortest commute at 14.0 minutes.

Alfalfa County commuting by the numbers
- Average commute: 21.8 minutes
--- 1.1% lower than state average
--- #36 best commute in the state
- Workers with 1+ hour commute: 7.1%
- Workers who drive to work: 88.6%
--- Workers who carpool to work: 10.5%
- Workers who take public transport to work: 0.2%
- Workers who work from home: 2.5%
- Left for work between 12 a.m. and 6 a.m.: 12.0%
- Worked outside county of residence: 28.5%

Commutes in neighboring counties
#1. Woods County, OK: 14.0 minutes
#2. Harper County, KS: 16.9 minutes
#3. Garfield County, OK: 17.9 minutes
#4. Grant County, OK: 20.0 minutes
#5. Major County, OK: 21.3 minutes
#6. Alfalfa County, OK: 21.8 minutes

Counties with the best commute in Oklahoma
#1. Cimarron County: 10.0 minutes
#2. Texas County: 13.4 minutes
#3. Woods County: 14.0 minutes

Counties with the worst commute in Oklahoma
#1. Lincoln County: 30.8 minutes
#2. Pawnee County: 30.0 minutes
#3. Jefferson County: 28.7 minutes

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