Corson County Commute Time Map & Patterns

Commute Time Burden in Corson County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Corson County spend about 37 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 156 hours, about 6.5 full days, spent commuting. That is 22% more time on the road than the South Dakota average of 15.3 minutes each way, a difference of 3.4 minutes.

Corson County holds about 0.4% of South Dakota's population but accounts for roughly 0.5% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Corson County would save about 62 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,934 at the same national wage assumption used above.

Area	One-Way Commute	Daily Round-Trip	Yearly Time Spent	Estimated Yearly Cost	Local Road Traffic (VPD)
Corson County	18.7 min	37.4 min	156 hrs/yr	$4,835	61
South Dakota	15.3 min	30.7 min	128 hrs/yr	$3,961	353
United States	22.4 min	44.8 min	187 hrs/yr	$5,790	1,355

The estimated yearly cost applies a single national rule of thumb (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics average hourly earnings), not a measurement of wages in this area - treat it as a rough estimate, not a paycheck figure. Local road traffic counts, vehicles per day on non-highway roads, come from proprietary Ticon and TrafficZoom data.

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On average, it takes 18.7 minutes to get to work in Corson County. That's 16% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Slower than 91% of counties in South Dakota

The most common departure window is 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM, followed by 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 24.2% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Corson County

• Car: 71.5%
• Worked at Home: 24.2%
• Other: 2.1%
• Walked: 2.1%
• Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
• Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low
• Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low
• Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low

Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Corson County, versus 0.2% in South Dakota.

Public transit is essentially absent in Corson County, versus 0.5% in South Dakota.

Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Corson County, versus 0.1% in South Dakota.

Biking is essentially absent in Corson County, versus 0.3% in South Dakota.

Commute Mode Trends in Corson County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Corson County get to work, as a share of all workers aged 16 and over, across 16 U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS) releases from 2009 to 2024. Each release is a 5-year estimate: the 2024 figures cover surveys taken from 2020 to 2024. Because neighboring releases share most of their survey years, the lines move gradually, and a sudden change such as the rise of remote work in 2020 spreads across several releases. Hover over or tap a line to highlight it, and use the legend to show or hide a mode. Driving starts hidden so the smaller modes stay readable.

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• Worked at Home
• Walked
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• Public Transportation
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Show commute mode data by year

Year	Car	Worked at Home	Walked	Other	Public Transportation	Taxi	Motorcycle	Bicycle
2009	71.6%	13.7%	11.1%	2.0%	1.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2010	70.9%	13.6%	10.0%	2.8%	2.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2011	70.8%	13.3%	12.4%	1.4%	2.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2012	71.2%	15.3%	9.7%	1.3%	2.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%
2013	71.5%	15.1%	11.0%	1.4%	0.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%
2014	71.3%	17.6%	8.4%	0.9%	1.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%
2015	69.0%	19.0%	8.9%	1.3%	1.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%
2016	67.5%	22.4%	7.9%	0.6%	1.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%
2017	68.3%	24.8%	5.6%	0.8%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2018	66.9%	27.2%	4.8%	0.6%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2019	63.8%	30.5%	5.1%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2020	63.5%	32.7%	3.0%	0.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2021	63.8%	32.1%	3.0%	1.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2022	64.8%	30.4%	3.5%	1.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	68.3%	27.5%	2.7%	1.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	71.5%	24.2%	2.1%	2.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share bottomed out in 2020 at 63.5%. Overall it held roughly steady, at 71.6% in 2009 and 71.5% in 2024. It has risen in each of the last 4 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Corson County: its share of workers rose from 13.7% in 2009 to 24.2% in 2024, up 10.5 percentage points.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 11.1% to 2.1% of workers (down 9.0 percentage points).

Working from home peaked at 32.7% in 2020 and has since fallen back to 24.2%.

Commute Start Times in Corson County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Corson County?

The bars show when commuters in Corson County leave home for work, as a share of everyone who commutes (people who work from home are not counted), from the 2024 ACS 5-year estimates. The thin violet marks show South Dakota for comparison. Hover over or tap a row for the exact numbers.

12:00-4:59 AM	12:00-4:59 AM Corson County1.1% South Dakota4.1%	1.1%
5:00-5:29 AM	5:00-5:29 AM Corson County0.0% South Dakota3.1%	0.0%
5:30-5:59 AM	5:30-5:59 AM Corson County2.7% South Dakota5.1%	2.7%
6:00-6:29 AM	6:00-6:29 AM Corson County5.9% South Dakota6.9%	5.9%
6:30-6:59 AM	6:30-6:59 AM Corson County14.1% South Dakota11.3%	14.1%
7:00-7:29 AM	7:00-7:29 AM Corson County22.4% South Dakota16.2%	22.4%
7:30-7:59 AM	7:30-7:59 AM Corson County23.6% South Dakota19.9%	23.6%
8:00-8:29 AM	8:00-8:29 AM Corson County12.1% South Dakota10.2%	12.1%
8:30-8:59 AM	8:30-8:59 AM Corson County6.8% South Dakota3.7%	6.8%
9:00-9:59 AM	9:00-9:59 AM Corson County3.5% South Dakota4.3%	3.5%
10:00-10:59 AM	10:00-10:59 AM Corson County0.5% South Dakota2.0%	0.5%
11:00-11:59 AM	11:00-11:59 AM Corson County0.4% South Dakota1.4%	0.4%
12:00-3:59 PM	12:00-3:59 PM Corson County3.8% South Dakota6.1%	3.8%
4:00-11:59 PM	4:00-11:59 PM Corson County3.2% South Dakota5.8%	3.2%

Corson County South Dakota Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates

The busiest time to head out in Corson County is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 23.6% of commuters leave home, compared with 19.9% across South Dakota. Early starts are less common than in South Dakota: 3.8% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 12.2% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in South Dakota: 72.2% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 57.7% there. About 1 in 9 commuters (11.3%) leave at 9 AM or later, which usually points to shift work, flexible hours or part-time jobs.

When people leave matters as much as how far they go. Rush-hour traffic shrinks how much ground a 20-minute trip covers, so a trade area drawn as a simple circle often takes in neighborhoods that customers or staff would never drive from and misses others that are an easy trip. A drive-time zone, also called an isochrone, outlines every place within a set number of minutes of an address, which makes it the more honest way to size a store's catchment, a hiring area or the commute from a new home.

See it for yourself on the interactive map: click any spot in Corson County, pick a 5, 10, 15 or 30-minute drive and see the local demographics of the people who live within that exact drive time.

Is Corson County Waking Up Earlier? Typical Departure Time, 2009-2024

Each line follows the typical (median) departure time: the moment by which half of commuters have already left home. Higher on the chart means a later start. Setting Corson County next to South Dakota and the U.S. shows whether local mornings are drifting earlier or later than everyone else's. The figures span 16 ACS 5-year releases, so changes build up gradually rather than jumping from one year to the next.

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• United States

Show typical departure times by year

Year	Corson County	South Dakota	United States
2009	7:31 AM	7:40 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:33 AM	7:40 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:31 AM	7:40 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:30 AM	7:39 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:33 AM	7:39 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:30 AM	7:39 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:35 AM	7:39 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:35 AM	7:38 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:35 AM	7:38 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:35 AM	7:37 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:33 AM	7:37 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:30 AM	7:37 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:33 AM	7:37 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:34 AM	7:36 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:34 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:35 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Corson County were on the road by 7:35 AM, 4 minutes later than in 2009 (7:31 AM). That goes against the trend across South Dakota, where the typical commuter now leaves 5 minutes earlier than in 2009. Commuters in Corson County now leave 3 minutes earlier than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). Since the 2019 release, which covers the years just before the pandemic, the typical start in Corson County has moved 2 minutes later.

How does Corson County's commute time compare?

Metric	Corson County	South Dakota	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	18.7 min	15.3 min	22.4 min
Departure Window	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	24.2%	9.7%	15.0%
Walked	2.1%	3.1%	2.4%
Public Transit	< 0.1%	0.5%	3.2%

The average commute time in Corson County is 18.7 minutes, longer than the 15.3 minutes in South Dakota.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.5% in South Dakota. 2.1% commute by walking, lower than the 3.1% in South Dakota.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau