What is the average commute in Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 13.5 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 3.8%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.1 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 461022024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota

Name: Commute estimates for Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 13.5 min one way; 3.8% worked from home, 72.0% drove alone, and 1.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip13.5 min±3.8 min MOE

Worked from home3.8%±3.1 pp MOE

Drove alone72.0%±6.0 pp MOE

60+ minute trip1.9%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 Oglala Lakota County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -3.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +1.1 percentage points.

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

Mean commute17.1 min → 13.5 min▼ 3.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home2.7% → 3.8%▲ 1.1 pp

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

Public transit1.1% → 0.0%▼ 1.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone67.3% → 72.0%▲ 4.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Oglala Lakota County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 72.0%; 0.0% used public transit and 3.8% worked from home.

Drive alone72.0% ±6.0 pp

Carpool14.5% ±10.1 pp

Public transit0.0% ±0.6 pp

Walk5.9% ±4.9 pp

Bicycle1.0% ±4.7 pp

Work from home3.8% ±3.1 pp

Each share uses 2,676 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Oglala Lakota 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.

13^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 87% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

20^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 80% 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 Oglala Lakota County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,676 workers age 16+, including 2,574 workers with reported travel time and 102 home workers.

Population estimate13,491± — MOE

Workers age 16+2,676± 454 MOE

Workers with travel time2,574± 436 MOE

Estimated home workers102± 86 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 Oglala Lakota 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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