ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · SD · GEOID 46001002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Aberdeen, South Dakota

Mean one-way trip11.9 min±1.2 min MOE
Worked from home5.4%±1.7 pp MOE
Drove alone79.0%±3.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.0%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 commute11.3 min → 11.9 min▲ 0.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.5% → 5.4%▼ 0.1 pp

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

Public transit0.3% → 0.7%▲ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone81.5% → 79.0%▼ 2.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone79.0% ±3.8 pp
Carpool10.6% ±2.0 pp
Public transit0.7% ±0.7 pp
Walk3.0% ±1.5 pp
Bicycle0.1% ±0.2 pp
Work from home5.4% ±1.7 pp

Each share uses 14,715 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size places

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

0thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 100% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

6thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 94% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

44thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 56% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

3th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 97% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate28,189± 42 MOE
Workers age 16+14,715± 622 MOE
Workers with travel time13,925± 594 MOE
Estimated home workers790± 247 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 nearby records

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