How long is the commute in Tulsa?

Average travel time to work in Tulsa, OK, how people get to work — driving, transit, walking or from home — and how that compares nationally.

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

This story was assembled using AI and public data sources.

How Tulsa gets to work.

Average commute, one way: 16.8 min — U.S. average: 23.0 min

How workers get to work

• Drove alone: 75.4
• Carpooled: 10.2
• Transit: 0.5
• Walked: 1.7
• From home: 10.1

Average commute (minutes)

• Tulsa: 16.8
• Tulsa County: 18
• OK: 20.5
• U.S.: 23

Work from home: 10.1% — U.S.: 13.5%

What it means

The typical one-way commute here runs about 6.2 minutes shorter than the national average.

Working from home went from 3.7% of workers in 2015 to 10.1% in the latest estimates.