Counties in South Dakota by mean travel time to work

Name: Counties in South Dakota by mean travel time to work, 2021
Creator: U.S. Census Bureau
License: Public domain (US federal government work, citation requested)

Custer County had the highest mean travel time to work of 56 counties in 2021, at 30.1 minutes. Davison County had the lowest, at 11.9 minutes. The median was 17.8 minutes and the figure for South Dakota was 17.4 minutes. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest30.1Custer County

Lowest11.9Davison County

Median17.856 counties

South Dakota17.4History

All counties, 2021

CSV Chart (SVG)

minutes. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-10.

Full ranking

Rank	Counties	2021 minutes
1	Custer County Estimated	30.1
2	Turner County Estimated	26.7
3	McCook County Estimated	26.2
4	Hanson County Estimated	24
5	Deuel County Estimated	23.6
6	Ziebach County Estimated	23.1
7	Corson County Estimated	22.1
8	Miner County Estimated	21.5
9	Butte County Estimated	21.4
10	Hamlin County Estimated	21.2
11	McPherson County Estimated	20.9
12	Bon Homme County Estimated	20.8
12	Sanborn County Estimated	20.8
14	Fall River County Estimated	20.7
15	Meade County Estimated	20.5
16	Edmunds County Estimated	20.3
17	Clark County Estimated	20
18	Lincoln County Estimated	19.2
19	Moody County Estimated	19
20	Union County Estimated	18.8
21	Marshall County Estimated	18.4
22	Lawrence County Estimated	18.3
22	Pennington County Estimated	18.3
24	Day County Estimated	18.2
25	Hutchinson County Estimated	18
26	Aurora County Estimated	17.9
26	Todd County Estimated	17.9
28	Minnehaha County Estimated	17.8
29	Kingsbury County Estimated	17.7
29	Spink County Estimated	17.7
31	Lake County Estimated	17.4
32	Roberts County Estimated	17.3
33	Douglas County Estimated	17
34	Campbell County Estimated	16.7
35	Clay County Estimated	16.3
35	Dewey County Estimated	16.3
37	Gregory County Estimated	16.2
38	Jerauld County Estimated	16.1
38	Sully County Estimated	16.1
40	Stanley County Estimated	15.7
41	Lyman County Estimated	14.9
42	Walworth County Estimated	14.8
43	Brookings County Estimated	14.6
43	Codington County Estimated	14.6
43	Tripp County Estimated	14.6
46	Hand County Estimated	14.4
47	Beadle County Estimated	14.1
47	Perkins County Estimated	14.1
49	Brule County Estimated	14
50	Charles Mix County Estimated	13.9
50	Yankton County Estimated	13.9
52	Grant County Estimated	13.8
53	Brown County Estimated	13.3
54	Bennett County Estimated	12.4
54	Hughes County Estimated	12.4
56	Davison County Estimated	11.9

Other periods

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2021

About this ranking

Mean one-way travel time to work in minutes for workers aged 16 and over who did not work from home.

ACS five-year estimates: the period labels the final year of the five-year survey window, not a single calendar year. Calculated from aggregate minutes in B08135 and workers in B08303, with both inputs stored. Missing or suppressed county inputs are left out. Not mixed with ACS one-year estimates.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. 3 counties with data in other periods have no value for 2021 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates: mean travel time to work, B08135 aggregate minutes divided by B08303 workers not working at home. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/. Retrieved 2026-10-10.

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Questions

Which county has the highest mean travel time to work?

Custer County, with 30.1 minutes in 2021, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest mean travel time to work?

Davison County, with 11.9 minutes in 2021.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates: mean travel time to work, B08135 aggregate minutes divided by B08303 workers not working at home. Retrieved 2026-10-10. 3 counties have no value for 2021 and are not ranked.