Commuting in Edmunds County, South Dakota: how long it takes, when people leave home and how they get to work. Ask Map AI about any address.
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Commute Time Burden in Edmunds County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Edmunds County spend about 35 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 145 hours, about 6.0 full days, spent commuting. That is 14% more time on the road than the South Dakota average of 15.3 minutes each way, a difference of 2.1 minutes.
Edmunds 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 Edmunds County would save about 58 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,799 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)
Edmunds County
17.4 min
34.8 min
145 hrs/yr
$4,497
155
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.
On average, it takes
17.4
minutes to get to work in
Edmunds County.
That's 22% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Slower than 80% 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 13.9% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Edmunds County
Car:
74.2%
Worked at Home:
13.9%
Walked:
6.6%
Other:
4.5%
Bicycle:
0.7%
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Public Transportation:
< 0.1%unusually low
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Edmunds County, versus 0.2% in South Dakota.
Public transit is essentially absent in Edmunds County, versus 0.5% in South Dakota.
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Edmunds County, versus 0.1% in South Dakota.
Commute Mode Trends in Edmunds County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Edmunds 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.
Share of workers aged 16 and over, by ACS 5-year release year. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.Show commute mode data by year
Year
Car
Worked at Home
Walked
Other
Bicycle
Public Transportation
Taxi
Motorcycle
2009
81.8%
9.4%
7.4%
0.0%
0.3%
0.8%
0.3%
0.0%
2010
78.7%
9.9%
8.7%
0.9%
0.2%
1.4%
0.3%
0.0%
2011
76.2%
10.1%
9.8%
1.3%
0.2%
2.0%
0.3%
0.0%
2012
75.6%
9.0%
10.6%
1.5%
1.1%
1.8%
0.2%
0.1%
2013
77.8%
8.2%
10.6%
1.7%
0.9%
0.7%
0.0%
0.1%
2014
80.2%
9.6%
7.1%
1.5%
0.9%
0.6%
0.0%
0.1%
2015
81.9%
9.7%
6.2%
0.9%
0.9%
0.3%
0.0%
0.0%
2016
83.2%
8.3%
5.7%
0.9%
1.8%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
2017
86.3%
8.4%
4.7%
0.5%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2018
87.3%
10.4%
2.0%
0.3%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2019
85.6%
11.0%
2.8%
0.3%
0.4%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2020
84.2%
8.9%
4.3%
1.5%
1.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2021
83.5%
9.7%
5.0%
0.8%
1.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2022
77.4%
13.0%
5.6%
3.2%
0.9%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2023
76.0%
13.2%
6.2%
3.7%
0.9%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2024
74.2%
13.9%
6.6%
4.5%
0.7%
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 peaked in 2018 at 87.3%. Overall it fell from 81.8% in 2009 to 74.2% in 2024, down 7.6 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 6 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Edmunds County: its share of workers rose from 9.4% in 2009 to 13.9% in 2024, up 4.5 percentage points. Most of that increase, 2.9 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 7.4% to 6.6% of workers (down 0.8 percentage points).
Biking overtook public transit to become the 5th most common choice in the 2013 release and has stayed ahead since.
Public transit peaked at 2.0% in 2011 and has since fallen back to 0.0%.
Commute Start Times in Edmunds County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Edmunds County?
The bars show when commuters in Edmunds 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 AMEdmunds County4.2%South Dakota4.1%
4.2%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMEdmunds County1.3%South Dakota3.1%
1.3%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMEdmunds County7.2%South Dakota5.1%
7.2%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMEdmunds County3.5%South Dakota6.9%
3.5%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMEdmunds County9.4%South Dakota11.3%
9.4%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMEdmunds County20.7%South Dakota16.2%
20.7%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMEdmunds County23.6%South Dakota19.9%
23.6%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMEdmunds County11.1%South Dakota10.2%
11.1%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMEdmunds County2.4%South Dakota3.7%
2.4%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMEdmunds County3.4%South Dakota4.3%
3.4%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMEdmunds County1.3%South Dakota2.0%
1.3%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMEdmunds County2.4%South Dakota1.4%
2.4%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMEdmunds County4.2%South Dakota6.1%
4.2%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMEdmunds County5.2%South Dakota5.8%
5.2%
Edmunds CountySouth DakotaSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Edmunds County is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 23.6% of commuters leave home, compared with 19.9% across South Dakota. Early starts are about as common as in South Dakota: 12.7% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 12.2% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in South Dakota: 64.8% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 57.7% there. About 1 in 6 commuters (16.6%) 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 Edmunds 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 Edmunds 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 Edmunds 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.
Median time commuters leave home, by ACS 5-year release year. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.Show typical departure times by year
Year
Edmunds County
South Dakota
United States
2009
7:30 AM
7:40 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:36 AM
7:40 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:35 AM
7:40 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:35 AM
7:39 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:35 AM
7:39 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:36 AM
7:39 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:37 AM
7:39 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:36 AM
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:25 AM
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:28 AM
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:35 AM
7:36 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:31 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:35 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Edmunds County were on the road by 7:35 AM, 4 minutes later than in 2009 (7:30 AM). That goes against the trend across South Dakota, where the typical commuter now leaves 5 minutes earlier than in 2009. Commuters in Edmunds 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 Edmunds County has moved 3 minutes later.
How does Edmunds County's commute time compare?
Metric
Edmunds County
South Dakota
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
17.4 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
13.9%
9.7%
15.0%
Walked
6.6%
3.1%
2.4%
Public Transit
< 0.1%
0.5%
3.2%
The average commute time in Edmunds County is 17.4 minutes, longer than the 15.3 minutes in South Dakota.
0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.5% in South Dakota. 6.6% commute by walking, higher than the 3.1% in South Dakota.
Edmunds County, SD Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Edmunds County, SD is the 2nd largest of the 6 counties compared here, 4,048 residents against a local median of 2,388. The measure that sets Edmunds County, SD apart most is one-way commute: 17.4 min, 67% above the local median of 10.4 min. That is the weaker end of the local range on this measure.
Work from home tells the same story from another angle: 13.9% against a local median of 11.6%, 20% above it. The counties themselves sit within 4.0 min of each other on one-way commute, a tighter band than the gap between any of them and Edmunds County, SD, which makes it a genuine outlier here rather than one end of a wide local spread. Edmunds County, SD has the 6th lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Edmunds County, South Dakota.
Is commuting expensive in Edmunds County, South Dakota?
Commuters here spend an estimated 145 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,497 at a typical national wage. That's 14% more than the typical South Dakota commuter spends.
What time should you leave for work to avoid traffic in Edmunds County, South Dakota?
Traffic peaks between 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM in Edmunds County, South Dakota. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM also sees a secondary bump.
Is public transportation a realistic commute option in Edmunds County, South Dakota?
Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.0% of commuters use it versus 0.5% in South Dakota, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.
Is Edmunds County, South Dakota a good location for remote and hybrid workers?
About 13.9% of workers here already work from home. Working from home just 2 days a week in Edmunds County would save about 58 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,799 at the same national wage assumption used above.
How do commute times compare across counties in South Dakota?
Among counties in South Dakota, the shortest average commutes are in Jones County (6.7 min), Bennett County (7.5 min), Jackson County (7.8 min). The longest are in Custer County (25.5 min), McCook County (25.4 min), Turner County (23.1 min).