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

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 13.2 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 10.9%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.9 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 460592024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Hand County, South Dakota

Name: Commute estimates for Hand County, South Dakota
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 13.2 min one way; 10.9% worked from home, 70.9% drove alone, and 1.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip13.2 min±2.4 min MOE

Worked from home10.9%±4.9 pp MOE

Drove alone70.9%±7.1 pp MOE

60+ minute trip1.2%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 Hand County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed -3.2 percentage points.

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

Mean commute14.4 min → 13.2 min▼ 1.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home14.1% → 10.9%▼ 3.2 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.2%▲ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone70.0% → 70.9%▲ 0.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Hand County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 70.9%; 0.2% used public transit and 10.9% worked from home.

Drive alone70.9% ±7.1 pp

Carpool7.9% ±2.8 pp

Public transit0.2% ±0.5 pp

Walk9.7% ±4.0 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.6 pp

Work from home10.9% ±4.9 pp

Each share uses 1,636 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Hand County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 3th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

3^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 97% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

81^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 81% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

62^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 62% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

2^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 98% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Hand County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 1,636 workers age 16+, including 1,457 workers with reported travel time and 179 home workers.

Population estimate3,140± 149 MOE

Workers age 16+1,636± 126 MOE

Workers with travel time1,457± 133 MOE

Estimated home workers179± 81 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 Hand 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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