ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · SD · GEOID 460852024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Lyman County, South Dakota

Mean one-way trip15.8 min±2.8 min MOE
Worked from home11.2%±4.1 pp MOE
Drove alone73.4%±4.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.7%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 commute14.9 min → 15.8 min▲ 0.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home10.0% → 11.2%▲ 1.1 pp

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

Public transit0.7% → 0.8%▲ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone70.3% → 73.4%▲ 3.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone73.4% ±4.0 pp
Carpool8.2% ±3.4 pp
Public transit0.8% ±1.1 pp
Walk3.1% ±2.3 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.7 pp
Work from home11.2% ±4.1 pp

Each share uses 1,514 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.

83thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 83% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

88thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 88% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

6th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 94% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate3,724± — MOE
Workers age 16+1,514± 131 MOE
Workers with travel time1,345± 125 MOE
Estimated home workers169± 64 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.