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

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 19.5 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 6.6%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.2 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 460272024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Clay County, South Dakota

Name: Commute estimates for Clay County, South Dakota
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 19.5 min one way; 6.6% worked from home, 75.4% drove alone, and 6.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip19.5 min±2.6 min MOE

Worked from home6.6%±2.2 pp MOE

Drove alone75.4%±3.4 pp MOE

60+ minute trip6.1%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 Clay County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +3.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed -0.2 percentage points.

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

Mean commute16.3 min → 19.5 min▲ 3.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.9% → 6.6%▼ 0.2 pp

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

Public transit0.4% → 1.5%▲ 1.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone69.1% → 75.4%▲ 6.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Clay County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 75.4%; 1.5% used public transit and 6.6% worked from home.

Drive alone75.4% ±3.4 pp

Carpool5.8% ±2.7 pp

Public transit1.5% ±1.4 pp

Walk8.9% ±2.6 pp

Bicycle1.2% ±0.8 pp

Work from home6.6% ±2.2 pp

Each share uses 7,768 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Clay County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 23th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

23^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 77% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

42^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 58% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

96^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 96% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

33^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 67% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Clay County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 7,768 workers age 16+, including 7,254 workers with reported travel time and 514 home workers.

Population estimate15,219± — MOE

Workers age 16+7,768± 370 MOE

Workers with travel time7,254± 398 MOE

Estimated home workers514± 171 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 Clay 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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