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

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 18.5 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 13.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.4 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 460412024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Dewey County, South Dakota

Name: Commute estimates for Dewey County, South Dakota
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 18.5 min one way; 13.5% worked from home, 71.9% drove alone, and 6.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip18.5 min±3.2 min MOE

Worked from home13.5%±3.4 pp MOE

Drove alone71.9%±5.9 pp MOE

60+ minute trip6.3%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 Dewey 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 +1.2 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 → 18.5 min▲ 2.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home12.3% → 13.5%▲ 1.2 pp

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

Public transit0.6% → 0.6%▲ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.3% → 71.9%▼ 3.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Dewey County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 71.9%; 0.6% used public transit and 13.5% worked from home.

Drive alone71.9% ±5.9 pp

Carpool8.9% ±3.0 pp

Public transit0.6% ±0.7 pp

Walk2.4% ±1.0 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.9 pp

Work from home13.5% ±3.4 pp

Each share uses 1,750 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Dewey County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 19th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

19^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 81% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

91^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 91% 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.

35^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 65% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Dewey County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 1,750 workers age 16+, including 1,514 workers with reported travel time and 236 home workers.

Population estimate5,205± — MOE

Workers age 16+1,750± 113 MOE

Workers with travel time1,514± 123 MOE

Estimated home workers236± 62 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 Dewey 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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