Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · SD · GEOID 46590202024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
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 the published estimate?
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 residents usually get to work
Each share uses 111,840 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.
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 the shares
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
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