ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · SD · GEOID 460252024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Clark County, South Dakota

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 20.8 min one way; 17.1% worked from home, 68.8% drove alone, and 3.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip20.8 min±3.7 min MOE
Worked from home17.1%±7.8 pp MOE
Drove alone68.8%±10.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.8%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 Clark County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.8 minutes and the work-from-home share changed -1.1 percentage points.

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

Mean commute20.0 min → 20.8 min▲ 0.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home18.2% → 17.1%▼ 1.1 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone72.2% → 68.8%▼ 3.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Clark County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 68.8%; 0.0% used public transit and 17.1% worked from home.

Drive alone68.8% ±10.8 pp
Carpool11.3% ±5.1 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.6 pp
Walk2.3% ±1.4 pp
Bicycle0.1% ±0.3 pp
Work from home17.1% ±7.8 pp

Each share uses 1,550 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Clark County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 29th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

29thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 71% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

96thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 96% 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.

13th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 87% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Clark County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 1,550 workers age 16+, including 1,285 workers with reported travel time and 265 home workers.

Population estimate3,917± — MOE
Workers age 16+1,550± 181 MOE
Workers with travel time1,285± 118 MOE
Estimated home workers265± 125 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 Clark 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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