Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · SD · GEOID 46590202024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 17.0 min one way; 10.6% worked from home, 78.1% drove alone, and 2.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip17.0 min±0.5 min MOE
Worked from home10.6%±0.8 pp MOE
Drove alone78.1%±1.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.4%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 Sioux Falls 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 +3.8 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Sioux Falls city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 78.1%; 0.6% used public transit and 10.6% worked from home.
Each share uses 111,840 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Sioux Falls city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 3th percentile among covered 100k–500k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 97% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 71% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 72% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 96% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Sioux Falls city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 111,840 workers age 16+, including 99,981 workers with reported travel time and 11,859 home workers.
Population estimate201,469± 92 MOE
Workers age 16+111,840± 1,410 MOE
Workers with travel time99,981± 1,540 MOE
Estimated home workers11,859± 863 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
All South Dakota reports →Comparable South Dakota commute records for Sioux Falls city
No other South Dakota place in the 100k–500k population band met the same publication rule in this dataset.