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

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 13.3 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 4.2%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.6 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 46496002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Pierre, South Dakota

Name: Commute estimates for Pierre city, South Dakota
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 13.3 min one way; 4.2% worked from home, 79.0% drove alone, and 3.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip13.3 min±2.3 min MOE

Worked from home4.2%±2.6 pp MOE

Drove alone79.0%±4.7 pp MOE

60+ minute trip3.9%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 Pierre city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +2.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed -0.9 percentage points.

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

Mean commute10.6 min → 13.3 min▲ 2.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.1% → 4.2%▼ 0.9 pp

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

Public transit0.6% → 1.3%▲ 0.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.3% → 79.0%▼ 0.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Pierre city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 79.0%; 1.3% used public transit and 4.2% worked from home.

Drive alone79.0% ±4.7 pp

Carpool10.9% ±2.8 pp

Public transit1.3% ±1.2 pp

Walk4.0% ±2.2 pp

Bicycle0.3% ±0.4 pp

Work from home4.2% ±2.6 pp

Each share uses 6,963 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Pierre city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 2th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

2^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 98% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

10^thWork-from-home percentile

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

71^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 71% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

25^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 75% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Pierre city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 6,963 workers age 16+, including 6,670 workers with reported travel time and 293 home workers.

Population estimate13,948± 24 MOE

Workers age 16+6,963± 328 MOE

Workers with travel time6,670± 397 MOE

Estimated home workers293± 179 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 Pierre 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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