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

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 the published estimate?

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 residents usually get to work

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

Compared with similar-size places

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 the shares

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.