ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · SD · GEOID 46600202024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Spearfish, South Dakota

Mean one-way trip16.3 min±2.8 min MOE
Worked from home6.6%±2.3 pp MOE
Drove alone76.6%±4.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.2%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 commute16.1 min → 16.3 min▲ 0.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.8% → 6.6%▲ 1.8 pp

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

Public transit1.2% → 1.3%▲ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone82.8% → 76.6%▼ 6.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone76.6% ±4.5 pp
Carpool7.7% ±2.3 pp
Public transit1.3% ±1.1 pp
Walk7.3% ±3.4 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.2 pp
Work from home6.6% ±2.3 pp

Each share uses 6,783 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.

7thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 93% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

23thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 77% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

72thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 72% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

28th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 72% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate12,930± 28 MOE
Workers age 16+6,783± 398 MOE
Workers with travel time6,336± 406 MOE
Estimated home workers447± 159 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.