ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · SD · GEOID 461252024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Turner County, South Dakota

Mean one-way trip25.3 min±1.6 min MOE
Worked from home7.0%±1.3 pp MOE
Drove alone80.1%±2.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.6%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 commute26.7 min → 25.3 min▼ 1.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.0% → 7.0%— 0.0 pp

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

Public transit0.4% → 0.4%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.5% → 80.1%▼ 0.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone80.1% ±2.2 pp
Carpool8.1% ±1.6 pp
Public transit0.4% ±0.5 pp
Walk3.5% ±1.5 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.2 pp
Work from home7.0% ±1.3 pp

Each share uses 4,570 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.

57thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 57% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

46thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 54% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

76thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 76% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

29th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 71% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate8,882± — MOE
Workers age 16+4,570± 133 MOE
Workers with travel time4,249± 137 MOE
Estimated home workers321± 59 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.