Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · SD · GEOID 461052024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Perkins County, South Dakota
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 14.7 min one way; 32.9% worked from home, 56.9% drove alone, and 3.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip14.7 min±3.2 min MOE
Worked from home32.9%±7.7 pp MOE
Drove alone56.9%±5.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.9%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 Perkins County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed -1.8 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Perkins County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 56.9%; 0.0% used public transit and 32.9% worked from home.
Each share uses 1,506 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Perkins County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 6th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 94% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 100% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 80% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 87% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Perkins County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 1,506 workers age 16+, including 1,010 workers with reported travel time and 496 home workers.
Population estimate3,001± 133 MOE
Workers age 16+1,506± 124 MOE
Workers with travel time1,010± 100 MOE
Estimated home workers496± 123 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
All South Dakota reports →Comparable South Dakota commute records for Perkins County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.