Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · SD · GEOID 460392024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Deuel County, South Dakota
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 25.4 min one way; 9.5% worked from home, 73.2% drove alone, and 5.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip25.4 min±4.3 min MOE
Worked from home9.5%±4.2 pp MOE
Drove alone73.2%±3.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.3%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 Deuel County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.8 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.3 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Deuel County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 73.2%; 0.0% used public transit and 9.5% worked from home.
Each share uses 2,086 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Deuel County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 58th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 58% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 71% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 80% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 74% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Deuel County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 2,086 workers age 16+, including 1,888 workers with reported travel time and 198 home workers.
Population estimate4,328± — MOE
Workers age 16+2,086± 119 MOE
Workers with travel time1,888± 118 MOE
Estimated home workers198± 88 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
All South Dakota reports →Comparable South Dakota commute records for Deuel County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.