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

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 14.1 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 8.9%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.1 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 460352024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Davison County, South Dakota

Name: Commute estimates for Davison County, South Dakota
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 14.1 min one way; 8.9% worked from home, 78.7% drove alone, and 4.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip14.1 min±1.8 min MOE

Worked from home8.9%±2.1 pp MOE

Drove alone78.7%±3.3 pp MOE

60+ minute trip4.1%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 Davison County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +2.2 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 commute11.9 min → 14.1 min▲ 2.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.3% → 8.9%▲ 2.6 pp

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

Public transit0.5% → 0.9%▲ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone82.8% → 78.7%▼ 4.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Davison County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 78.7%; 0.9% used public transit and 8.9% worked from home.

Drive alone78.7% ±3.3 pp

Carpool7.9% ±2.8 pp

Public transit0.9% ±1.0 pp

Walk1.7% ±0.9 pp

Bicycle0.5% ±0.5 pp

Work from home8.9% ±2.1 pp

Each share uses 10,554 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Davison County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 4th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

4^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 96% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

66^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 66% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

90^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 90% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

15^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 85% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Davison County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 10,554 workers age 16+, including 9,618 workers with reported travel time and 936 home workers.

Population estimate19,952± — MOE

Workers age 16+10,554± 360 MOE

Workers with travel time9,618± 433 MOE

Estimated home workers936± 225 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 Davison 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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