ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · SD · GEOID 460072024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Bennett County, South Dakota

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 12.0 min one way; 8.0% worked from home, 81.0% drove alone, and 3.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip12.0 min±3.7 min MOE
Worked from home8.0%±4.3 pp MOE
Drove alone81.0%±7.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.4%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 Bennett County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.6 percentage points.

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

Mean commute12.4 min → 12.0 min▼ 0.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.4% → 8.0%▲ 4.6 pp

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

Public transit0.4% → 0.0%▼ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone74.6% → 81.0%▲ 6.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Bennett County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 81.0%; 0.0% used public transit and 8.0% worked from home.

Drive alone81.0% ±7.1 pp
Carpool6.0% ±3.9 pp
Public transit0.0% ±1.0 pp
Walk5.0% ±3.1 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±1.0 pp
Work from home8.0% ±4.3 pp

Each share uses 1,048 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Bennett County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 2th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

2thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 98% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

57thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 57% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

20thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 80% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

10th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 90% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Bennett County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 1,048 workers age 16+, including 964 workers with reported travel time and 84 home workers.

Population estimate3,345± — MOE
Workers age 16+1,048± 159 MOE
Workers with travel time964± 149 MOE
Estimated home workers84± 47 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 South Dakota commute records for Bennett County

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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