ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · SD · GEOID 460192024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Butte County, South Dakota

Mean one-way trip24.5 min±3.8 min MOE
Worked from home7.8%±2.4 pp MOE
Drove alone75.4%±3.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip8.3%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute21.4 min → 24.5 min▲ 3.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home11.4% → 7.8%▼ 3.6 pp

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

Public transit0.5% → 0.4%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone68.1% → 75.4%▲ 7.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone75.4% ±3.4 pp
Carpool10.9% ±3.5 pp
Public transit0.4% ±0.5 pp
Walk4.6% ±2.5 pp
Bicycle0.1% ±0.2 pp
Work from home7.8% ±2.4 pp

Each share uses 5,559 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size countys

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

51thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 51% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

55thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 55% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

76thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 76% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

54th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 54% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate10,676± — MOE
Workers age 16+5,559± 298 MOE
Workers with travel time5,124± 303 MOE
Estimated home workers435± 138 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.