What is the average commute in Brandon city, South Dakota?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 18.4 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Brandon city, South Dakota work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 18.8%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.8 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · SD · GEOID 46068402024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Brandon, South Dakota

Name: Commute estimates for Brandon city, South Dakota
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 18.4 min one way; 18.8% worked from home, 71.9% drove alone, and 1.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip18.4 min±2.1 min MOE

Worked from home18.8%±4.8 pp MOE

Drove alone71.9%±4.7 pp MOE

60+ minute trip1.4%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 Brandon city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -3.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +6.5 percentage points.

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

Mean commute21.4 min → 18.4 min▼ 3.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home12.4% → 18.8%▲ 6.5 pp

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

Public transit0.3% → 1.0%▲ 0.7 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.5% → 71.9%▼ 8.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Brandon city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 71.9%; 1.0% used public transit and 18.8% worked from home.

Drive alone71.9% ±4.7 pp

Carpool6.1% ±2.3 pp

Public transit1.0% ±1.2 pp

Walk0.7% ±1.0 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp

Work from home18.8% ±4.8 pp

Each share uses 5,890 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Brandon city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 14th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

14^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 86% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

76^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 76% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

67^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 67% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

4^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 96% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Brandon city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 5,890 workers age 16+, including 4,780 workers with reported travel time and 1,110 home workers.

Population estimate10,996± 30 MOE

Workers age 16+5,890± 329 MOE

Workers with travel time4,780± 331 MOE

Estimated home workers1,110± 290 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 South Dakota commute records for Brandon city

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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