ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · SD · GEOID 46043802024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Belle Fourche, South Dakota

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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute22.7 min → 25.8 min▲ 3.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.2% → 4.3%▼ 0.8 pp

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

Public transit0.4% → 0.5%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone73.8% → 78.4%▲ 4.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone78.4% ±5.7 pp
Carpool14.9% ±5.8 pp
Public transit0.5% ±0.8 pp
Walk1.0% ±1.4 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp
Work from home4.3% ±2.4 pp

Each share uses 2,953 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.

56thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 56% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

10thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 90% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

56thTransit percentile

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

58th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 58% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

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.