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

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 14.6 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 4.7%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.1 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 460652024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Hughes County, South Dakota

Name: Commute estimates for Hughes County, South Dakota
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 14.6 min one way; 4.7% worked from home, 79.1% drove alone, and 4.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip14.6 min±1.9 min MOE

Worked from home4.7%±2.1 pp MOE

Drove alone79.1%±3.2 pp MOE

60+ minute trip4.1%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 Hughes 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 -0.6 percentage points.

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

Mean commute12.4 min → 14.6 min▲ 2.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.3% → 4.7%▼ 0.6 pp

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

Public transit0.5% → 1.0%▲ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.3% → 79.1%▲ 0.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Hughes County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 79.1%; 1.0% used public transit and 4.7% worked from home.

Drive alone79.1% ±3.2 pp

Carpool11.3% ±2.4 pp

Public transit1.0% ±1.0 pp

Walk3.2% ±1.7 pp

Bicycle0.2% ±0.3 pp

Work from home4.7% ±2.1 pp

Each share uses 8,855 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Hughes County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 5th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

5^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 95% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

22^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 78% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

92^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 92% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

15^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 85% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Hughes County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 8,855 workers age 16+, including 8,436 workers with reported travel time and 419 home workers.

Population estimate17,664± — MOE

Workers age 16+8,855± 317 MOE

Workers with travel time8,436± 358 MOE

Estimated home workers419± 186 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 Hughes 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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