What is the average commute in Brule County, South Dakota?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 15.5 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Brule County, South Dakota work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 12.4%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.2 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

COUNTY · SD · GEOID 460152024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Brule County, South Dakota

Name: Commute estimates for Brule County, South Dakota
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 15.5 min one way; 12.4% worked from home, 70.5% drove alone, and 3.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip15.5 min±2.3 min MOE

Worked from home12.4%±3.2 pp MOE

Drove alone70.5%±3.9 pp MOE

60+ minute trip3.5%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 Brule County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.6 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.6 percentage points.

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

Mean commute14.0 min → 15.5 min▲ 1.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.8% → 12.4%▲ 2.6 pp

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

Public transit0.4% → 0.2%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone71.5% → 70.5%▼ 1.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Brule County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 70.5%; 0.2% used public transit and 12.4% worked from home.

Drive alone70.5% ±3.9 pp

Carpool9.0% ±2.8 pp

Public transit0.2% ±0.3 pp

Walk6.1% ±1.6 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.6 pp

Work from home12.4% ±3.2 pp

Each share uses 2,521 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Brule County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 8th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

8^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 92% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

88^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 88% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

67^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 67% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

11^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 89% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Brule County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,521 workers age 16+, including 2,208 workers with reported travel time and 313 home workers.

Population estimate5,283± — MOE

Workers age 16+2,521± 138 MOE

Workers with travel time2,208± 145 MOE

Estimated home workers313± 83 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 Brule 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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