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

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 22.3 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 12.0%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.3 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 460372024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Day County, South Dakota

Name: Commute estimates for Day County, South Dakota
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 22.3 min one way; 12.0% worked from home, 76.3% drove alone, and 6.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip22.3 min±4.1 min MOE

Worked from home12.0%±3.3 pp MOE

Drove alone76.3%±5.4 pp MOE

60+ minute trip6.7%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 Day County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +4.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +1.7 percentage points.

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

Mean commute18.2 min → 22.3 min▲ 4.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home10.3% → 12.0%▲ 1.7 pp

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

Public transit0.4% → 0.7%▲ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone77.5% → 76.3%▼ 1.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Day County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 76.3%; 0.7% used public transit and 12.0% worked from home.

Drive alone76.3% ±5.4 pp

Carpool7.4% ±2.8 pp

Public transit0.7% ±0.6 pp

Walk3.2% ±1.6 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.6 pp

Work from home12.0% ±3.3 pp

Each share uses 2,432 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Day County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 38th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

38^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 62% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

87^thWork-from-home percentile

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

85^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 85% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

39^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 61% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Day County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,432 workers age 16+, including 2,140 workers with reported travel time and 292 home workers.

Population estimate5,437± — MOE

Workers age 16+2,432± 143 MOE

Workers with travel time2,140± 166 MOE

Estimated home workers292± 83 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 Day 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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