ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · SD · GEOID 46730602024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Yankton, South Dakota

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 13.3 min one way; 5.5% worked from home, 79.0% drove alone, and 2.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip13.3 min±1.9 min MOE
Worked from home5.5%±2.7 pp MOE
Drove alone79.0%±4.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.9%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 Yankton city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.1 percentage points.

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

Mean commute11.6 min → 13.3 min▲ 1.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.4% → 5.5%▲ 2.1 pp

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

Public transit0.3% → 2.7%▲ 2.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone87.4% → 79.0%▼ 8.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Yankton city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 79.0%; 2.7% used public transit and 5.5% worked from home.

Drive alone79.0% ±4.9 pp
Carpool7.7% ±2.6 pp
Public transit2.7% ±1.7 pp
Walk4.2% ±1.9 pp
Bicycle0.4% ±0.5 pp
Work from home5.5% ±2.7 pp

Each share uses 7,461 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Yankton city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 3th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

3thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 97% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

16thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 84% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

83thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 83% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

16th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 84% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Yankton city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 7,461 workers age 16+, including 7,050 workers with reported travel time and 411 home workers.

Population estimate15,540± 39 MOE
Workers age 16+7,461± 344 MOE
Workers with travel time7,050± 370 MOE
Estimated home workers411± 204 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 Yankton 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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