Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · SD · GEOID 46043802024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Belle Fourche, South Dakota
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 25.8 min one way; 4.3% worked from home, 78.4% drove alone, and 7.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip25.8 min±6.3 min MOE
Worked from home4.3%±2.4 pp MOE
Drove alone78.4%±5.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.8%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 Belle Fourche city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +3.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed -0.8 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 Belle Fourche city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 78.4%; 0.5% used public transit and 4.3% worked from home.
Each share uses 2,953 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Belle Fourche city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 56th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 56% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 90% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 56% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 58% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Belle Fourche city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 2,953 workers age 16+, including 2,825 workers with reported travel time and 128 home workers.
Population estimate5,804± 18 MOE
Workers age 16+2,953± 250 MOE
Workers with travel time2,825± 245 MOE
Estimated home workers128± 73 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 Belle Fourche city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.