ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · SD · GEOID 460332024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Custer County, South Dakota

Mean one-way trip29.5 min±5.3 min MOE
Worked from home12.0%±3.9 pp MOE
Drove alone74.0%±4.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip13.1%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute30.1 min → 29.5 min▼ 0.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.6% → 12.0%▲ 2.4 pp

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

Public transit0.9% → 0.0%▼ 0.9 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone74.8% → 74.0%▼ 0.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone74.0% ±4.7 pp
Carpool9.2% ±4.5 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.1 pp
Walk2.8% ±1.9 pp
Bicycle0.6% ±0.7 pp
Work from home12.0% ±3.9 pp

Each share uses 4,091 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.

80thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 80% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

87thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 87% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

42thTransit percentile

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

80th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 80% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate8,892± — MOE
Workers age 16+4,091± 277 MOE
Workers with travel time3,599± 293 MOE
Estimated home workers492± 164 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.