ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · SD · GEOID 46402202024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Madison, South Dakota

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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute11.6 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 residents usually get to work

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

Compared with similar-size places

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

1thMean commute percentile

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

32thWork-from-home percentile

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

76thTransit percentile

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

3th60+ 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 the shares

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.