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

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 11.4 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 8.2%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.5 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 46402202024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Madison, South Dakota

Name: Commute estimates for Madison city, South Dakota
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 11.4 min one way; 8.2% worked from home, 77.4% drove alone, and 1.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip11.4 min±2.5 min MOE

Worked from home8.2%±3.5 pp MOE

Drove alone77.4%±8.0 pp MOE

60+ minute trip1.0%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 Madison city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.2 percentage points.

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

Mean commute11.6 min → 11.4 min▼ 0.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.9% → 8.2%▲ 4.2 pp

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

Public transit0.8% → 1.6%▲ 0.9 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone81.6% → 77.4%▼ 4.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Madison city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 77.4%; 1.6% used public transit and 8.2% worked from home.

Drive alone77.4% ±8.0 pp

Carpool6.5% ±3.8 pp

Public transit1.6% ±1.6 pp

Walk4.9% ±1.9 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp

Work from home8.2% ±3.5 pp

Each share uses 3,053 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Madison city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 1th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

1^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 99% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

32^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 68% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

76^thTransit percentile

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

3^th60+ minute percentile

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

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Madison city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,053 workers age 16+, including 2,804 workers with reported travel time and 249 home workers.

Population estimate6,094± 19 MOE

Workers age 16+3,053± 253 MOE

Workers with travel time2,804± 286 MOE

Estimated home workers249± 109 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 Madison 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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