ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · SD · GEOID 46496002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Pierre, South Dakota

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 the published estimate?

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 residents usually get to work

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

Compared with similar-size places

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

2thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 98% 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.

71thTransit percentile

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

25th60+ 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 the shares

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.