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Cities in Oklahoma by mean travel time to work

Blanchard, OK had the highest mean travel time to work of 44 cities in 2023, at 30.2 minutes. Altus, OK had the lowest, at 11.1 minutes. The median was 20.6 minutes and the figure for Oklahoma was 22.4 minutes. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest30.2Blanchard, OK
Lowest11.1Altus, OK
Median20.644 cities
Oklahoma22.4History

All cities, 2023

Blanchard, OK: 30.2 minutesBlanchard, OK30.2Newcastle, OK: 28.1 minutesNewcastle, OK28.1Mustang, OK: 28 minutesMustang, OK28Coweta, OK: 27.4 minutesCoweta, OK27.4Guthrie, OK: 24.8 minutesGuthrie, OK24.8Choctaw, OK: 24.4 minutesChoctaw, OK24.4Glenpool, OK: 24.1 minutesGlenpool, OK24.1Bixby, OK: 24 minutesBixby, OK24Yukon, OK: 23.7 minutesYukon, OK23.7Edmond, OK: 23.6 minutesEdmond, OK23.6Moore, OK: 23.6 minutesMoore, OK23.6Warr Acres, OK: 23.4 minutesWarr Acres, OK23.4Sapulpa, OK: 23.1 minutesSapulpa, OK23.1Midwest City, OK: 23 minutesMidwest City, OK23Norman, OK: 22.2 minutesNorman, OK22.2Oklahoma City, OK: 22.2 minutesOklahoma City, OK22.2Claremore, OK: 22.1 minutesClaremore, OK22.1El Reno, OK: 22.1 minutesEl Reno, OK22.1Broken Arrow, OK: 21.7 minutesBroken Arrow, OK21.7Owasso, OK: 21.3 minutesOwasso, OK21.3Jenks, OK: 20.7 minutesJenks, OK20.7Bethany, OK: 20.6 minutesBethany, OK20.6Duncan, OK: 20.5 minutesDuncan, OK20.5Sand Springs, OK: 20.5 minutesSand Springs, OK20.5Del City, OK: 20 minutesDel City, OK20Shawnee, OK: 19.9 minutesShawnee, OK19.9Chickasha, OK: 19.1 minutesChickasha, OK19.1Muskogee, OK: 18.8 minutesMuskogee, OK18.8Tahlequah, OK: 18.7 minutesTahlequah, OK18.7Tulsa, OK: 18.7 minutesTulsa, OK18.7Bartlesville, OK: 17.2 minutesBartlesville, OK17.2Ardmore, OK: 17.1 minutesArdmore, OK17.1Enid, OK: 17.1 minutesEnid, OK17.1Miami, OK: 17 minutesMiami, OK17Durant, OK: 16.2 minutesDurant, OK16.2Lawton, OK: 15.9 minutesLawton, OK15.9Ponca City, OK: 15.8 minutesPonca City, OK15.8McAlester, OK: 15.6 minutesMcAlester, OK15.6Elk City, OK: 15.4 minutesElk City, OK15.4Stillwater, OK: 15.3 minutesStillwater, OK15.3Weatherford, OK: 14.8 minutesWeatherford, OK14.8Ada, OK: 14.4 minutesAda, OK14.4Guymon, OK: 14 minutesGuymon, OK14Altus, OK: 11.1 minutesAltus, OK11.1Blanchard, OK: 30.2 minutesBlanchard, OK30.2Newcastle, OK: 28.1 minutesNewcastle, OK28.1Mustang, OK: 28 minutesMustang, OK28Coweta, OK: 27.4 minutesCoweta, OK27.4Guthrie, OK: 24.8 minutesGuthrie, OK24.8Choctaw, OK: 24.4 minutesChoctaw, OK24.4Glenpool, OK: 24.1 minutesGlenpool, OK24.1Bixby, OK: 24 minutesBixby, OK24Yukon, OK: 23.7 minutesYukon, OK23.7Edmond, OK: 23.6 minutesEdmond, OK23.6Moore, OK: 23.6 minutesMoore, OK23.6Warr Acres, OK: 23.4 minutesWarr Acres, OK23.4Sapulpa, OK: 23.1 minutesSapulpa, OK23.1Midwest City, OK: 23 minutesMidwest City, OK23Norman, OK: 22.2 minutesNorman, OK22.2Oklahoma City, OK: 22.2 minutesOklahoma City, OK22.2Claremore, OK: 22.1 minutesClaremore, OK22.1El Reno, OK: 22.1 minutesEl Reno, OK22.1Broken Arrow, OK: 21.7 minutesBroken Arrow, OK21.7Owasso, OK: 21.3 minutesOwasso, OK21.3Jenks, OK: 20.7 minutesJenks, OK20.7Bethany, OK: 20.6 minutesBethany, OK20.6Duncan, OK: 20.5 minutesDuncan, OK20.5Sand Springs, OK: 20.5 minutesSand Springs, OK20.5Del City, OK: 20 minutesDel City, OK20Shawnee, OK: 19.9 minutesShawnee, OK19.9Chickasha, OK: 19.1 minutesChickasha, OK19.1Muskogee, OK: 18.8 minutesMuskogee, OK18.8Tahlequah, OK: 18.7 minutesTahlequah, OK18.7Tulsa, OK: 18.7 minutesTulsa, OK18.7Bartlesville, OK: 17.2 minutesBartlesville, OK17.2Ardmore, OK: 17.1 minutesArdmore, OK17.1Enid, OK: 17.1 minutesEnid, OK17.1Miami, OK: 17 minutesMiami, OK17Durant, OK: 16.2 minutesDurant, OK16.2Lawton, OK: 15.9 minutesLawton, OK15.9Ponca City, OK: 15.8 minutesPonca City, OK15.8McAlester, OK: 15.6 minutesMcAlester, OK15.6Elk City, OK: 15.4 minutesElk City, OK15.4Stillwater, OK: 15.3 minutesStillwater, OK15.3Weatherford, OK: 14.8 minutesWeatherford, OK14.8Ada, OK: 14.4 minutesAda, OK14.4Guymon, OK: 14 minutesGuymon, OK14Altus, OK: 11.1 minutesAltus, OK11.1
minutes. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2023
minutes		Change on 2022
1Blanchard, OK Estimated30.2+0.9
2Newcastle, OK Estimated28.1+0.9
3Mustang, OK Estimated28+0.8
4Coweta, OK Estimated27.4+1
5Guthrie, OK Estimated24.8+0.8
6Choctaw, OK Estimated24.4-1.7
7Glenpool, OK Estimated24.1+1.3
8Bixby, OK Estimated24+0.5
9Yukon, OK Estimated23.7+1.8
10Edmond, OK Estimated23.6+0.3
10Moore, OK Estimated23.6-0.3
12Warr Acres, OK Estimated23.4+0.5
13Sapulpa, OK Estimated23.1-0.5
14Midwest City, OK Estimated23+0.4
15Norman, OK Estimated22.2-0.4
15Oklahoma City, OK Estimated22.2+0.2
17Claremore, OK Estimated22.1+0.5
17El Reno, OK Estimated22.1+1.4
19Broken Arrow, OK Estimated21.7+0.1
20Owasso, OK Estimated21.3+0.2
21Jenks, OK Estimated20.70
22Bethany, OK Estimated20.6+0.3
23Duncan, OK Estimated20.5-0.5
23Sand Springs, OK Estimated20.5+0.7
25Del City, OK Estimated20-0.6
26Shawnee, OK Estimated19.9-0.7
27Chickasha, OK Estimated19.1-0.4
28Muskogee, OK Estimated18.8+0.7
29Tahlequah, OK Estimated18.7-0.6
29Tulsa, OK Estimated18.7+0.1
31Bartlesville, OK Estimated17.2-0.7
32Ardmore, OK Estimated17.1+0.7
32Enid, OK Estimated17.1-0.6
34Miami, OK Estimated17+0.5
35Durant, OK Estimated16.2+0.8
36Lawton, OK Estimated15.9-0.3
37Ponca City, OK Estimated15.8+0.8
38McAlester, OK Estimated15.6-0.5
39Elk City, OK Estimated15.4-1.7
40Stillwater, OK Estimated15.3-0.4
41Weatherford, OK Estimated14.8-1
42Ada, OK Estimated14.4-0.5
43Guymon, OK Estimated14n/a
44Altus, OK Estimated11.1-0.6

Other periods

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Mean one-way travel time to work in minutes for workers aged 16 and over who did not work from home.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the cities are compared on one definition. 2 cities with data in other periods have no value for 2023 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

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U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates: mean travel time to work, B08135 aggregate minutes divided by B08303 workers not working at home, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). American Community Survey 5-year estimates: mean travel time to work, B08135 aggregate minutes divided by B08303 workers not working at home, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more) (Cities in Oklahoma by mean travel time to work, 2023) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates: mean travel time to work, B08135 aggregate minutes divided by B08303 workers not working at home, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more), Cities in Oklahoma by mean travel time to work, 2023. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Jan. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/mean-travel-time-to-work/oklahoma-cities?period=2023. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Census Bureau. 2026. American Community Survey 5-year estimates: mean travel time to work, B08135 aggregate minutes divided by B08303 workers not working at home, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). Cities in Oklahoma by mean travel time to work, 2023. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/mean-travel-time-to-work/oklahoma-cities?period=2023.

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U.S. Census Bureau (2026) American Community Survey 5-year estimates: mean travel time to work, B08135 aggregate minutes divided by B08303 workers not working at home, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more), Cities in Oklahoma by mean travel time to work, 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/mean-travel-time-to-work/oklahoma-cities?period=2023 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest mean travel time to work?

Blanchard, OK, with 30.2 minutes in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which city has the lowest mean travel time to work?

Altus, OK, with 11.1 minutes in 2023.

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Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates: mean travel time to work, B08135 aggregate minutes divided by B08303 workers not working at home, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). Retrieved 2026-10-12. 2 cities have no value for 2023 and are not ranked.

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