ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · SD · GEOID 460532024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Gregory County, South Dakota

Mean one-way trip15.9 min±2.2 min MOE
Worked from home8.0%±2.2 pp MOE
Drove alone77.5%±2.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.6%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 commute16.2 min → 15.9 min▼ 0.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.2% → 8.0%▲ 0.8 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone77.2% → 77.5%▲ 0.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone77.5% ±2.9 pp
Carpool7.9% ±2.1 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.5 pp
Walk4.8% ±1.8 pp
Bicycle0.1% ±0.2 pp
Work from home8.0% ±2.2 pp

Each share uses 1,950 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.

9thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 91% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

57thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 57% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

20thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 80% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

11th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 89% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate4,016± — MOE
Workers age 16+1,950± 104 MOE
Workers with travel time1,794± 97 MOE
Estimated home workers156± 43 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.