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

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 19.9 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 9.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.5 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 461012024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Moody County, South Dakota

Name: Commute estimates for Moody County, South Dakota
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 19.9 min one way; 9.5% worked from home, 75.5% drove alone, and 6.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip19.9 min±2.6 min MOE

Worked from home9.5%±2.5 pp MOE

Drove alone75.5%±3.8 pp MOE

60+ minute trip6.9%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 Moody County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.9 minutes and the work-from-home share changed -2.4 percentage points.

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

Mean commute19.0 min → 19.9 min▲ 0.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home11.9% → 9.5%▼ 2.4 pp

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

Public transit1.0% → 1.1%▲ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone71.9% → 75.5%▲ 3.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Moody County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 75.5%; 1.1% used public transit and 9.5% worked from home.

Drive alone75.5% ±3.8 pp

Carpool8.6% ±2.9 pp

Public transit1.1% ±1.2 pp

Walk4.4% ±2.2 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp

Work from home9.5% ±2.5 pp

Each share uses 3,080 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Moody County compares with similar-size countys

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

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

25^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 75% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

71^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 71% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

93^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 93% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

41^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 59% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Moody County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,080 workers age 16+, including 2,786 workers with reported travel time and 294 home workers.

Population estimate6,397± — MOE

Workers age 16+3,080± 114 MOE

Workers with travel time2,786± 123 MOE

Estimated home workers294± 78 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 Moody 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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