Commuting in Grant 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 Grant County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Grant County spend about 22 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 90 hours, about 3.7 full days, spent commuting. That is 30% less time on the road than the South Dakota average of 15.3 minutes each way, a difference of 4.6 minutes.
Grant County holds about 0.8% of South Dakota's population but accounts for roughly 0.6% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Grant County would save about 36 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,112 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)
Grant County
10.8 min
21.5 min
90 hrs/yr
$2,781
309
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
10.8
minutes to get to work in
Grant County.
That's 52% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Faster than 77% 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 11.0% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Grant County
Car:
83.9%
Worked at Home:
11.0%
Walked:
4.5%
Bicycle:
0.4%
Other:
0.2%
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Public Transportation:
< 0.1%unusually low
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Riding a motorcycle is unusually rare in Grant County: 6.3 times less than the South Dakota average (0.0% vs 0.2%).
Public transit is unusually rare in Grant County: 149284788.1 times less than the South Dakota average (0.0% vs 0.5%).
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Grant County, versus 0.1% in South Dakota.
Commute Mode Trends in Grant County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Grant 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
Bicycle
Other
Public Transportation
Taxi
Motorcycle
2009
80.0%
6.7%
11.8%
1.1%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.3%
2010
80.7%
7.2%
10.7%
0.9%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.3%
2011
84.6%
7.8%
6.3%
0.5%
0.4%
0.0%
0.0%
0.4%
2012
86.4%
8.2%
4.5%
0.0%
0.5%
0.0%
0.0%
0.4%
2013
88.4%
7.1%
3.8%
0.4%
0.4%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2014
89.1%
5.7%
4.4%
0.5%
0.4%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2015
88.5%
6.0%
4.5%
0.6%
0.4%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2016
90.6%
4.6%
4.4%
0.4%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2017
90.3%
4.8%
4.2%
0.6%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
2018
91.4%
4.6%
3.8%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
2019
90.9%
4.9%
3.6%
0.4%
0.1%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
2020
93.1%
4.4%
1.9%
0.3%
0.2%
0.1%
0.0%
0.1%
2021
90.2%
7.4%
1.8%
0.3%
0.2%
0.2%
0.0%
0.1%
2022
90.4%
7.0%
1.8%
0.4%
0.2%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
2023
85.1%
9.7%
4.4%
0.6%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2024
83.9%
11.0%
4.5%
0.4%
0.2%
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 2020 at 93.1%. Overall it rose from 80.0% in 2009 to 83.9% in 2024, up 3.9 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 2 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Grant County: its share of workers rose from 6.7% in 2009 to 11.0% in 2024, up 4.3 percentage points. Most of that increase, 6.1 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 11.8% to 4.5% of workers (down 7.3 percentage points).
Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2011 release and has stayed ahead since.
Commute Start Times in Grant County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Grant County?
The bars show when commuters in Grant 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 AMGrant County6.3%South Dakota4.1%
6.3%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMGrant County7.5%South Dakota3.1%
7.5%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMGrant County2.3%South Dakota5.1%
2.3%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMGrant County8.0%South Dakota6.9%
8.0%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMGrant County6.2%South Dakota11.3%
6.2%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMGrant County16.7%South Dakota16.2%
16.7%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMGrant County20.0%South Dakota19.9%
20.0%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMGrant County7.7%South Dakota10.2%
7.7%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMGrant County2.0%South Dakota3.7%
2.0%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMGrant County5.1%South Dakota4.3%
5.1%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMGrant County1.5%South Dakota2.0%
1.5%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMGrant County4.1%South Dakota1.4%
4.1%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMGrant County2.9%South Dakota6.1%
2.9%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMGrant County9.7%South Dakota5.8%
9.7%
Grant CountySouth DakotaSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Grant County is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 20.0% of commuters leave home, compared with 19.9% across South Dakota. Early starts are more common than in South Dakota: 16.1% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 12.2% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in South Dakota: 50.6% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 57.7% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (23.3%) 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 Grant 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 Grant 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 Grant 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
Grant County
South Dakota
United States
2009
7:32 AM
7:40 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:28 AM
7:40 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:31 AM
7:40 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:31 AM
7:39 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:35 AM
7:39 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:29 AM
7:39 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:30 AM
7:39 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:31 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:36 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:43 AM
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:33 AM
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:35 AM
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:31 AM
7:36 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:35 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:35 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Grant County were on the road by 7:35 AM, 3 minutes later than in 2009 (7:32 AM). That goes against the trend across South Dakota, where the typical commuter now leaves 5 minutes earlier than in 2009. Commuters in Grant 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 Grant County has moved 8 minutes earlier.
How does Grant County's commute time compare?
Metric
Grant County
South Dakota
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
10.8 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
11.0%
9.7%
15.0%
Walked
4.5%
3.1%
2.4%
Public Transit
< 0.1%
0.5%
3.2%
The average commute time in Grant County is 10.8 minutes, shorter than the 15.3 minutes in South Dakota.
0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.5% in South Dakota. 4.5% commute by walking, higher than the 3.1% in South Dakota.
Grant County, SD Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Grant County, SD is typical in size for this group, 7,563 residents against a local median of 6,682, so the measures below are close to a like for like comparison. Where Grant County, SD breaks from the counties next to it is one-way commute, sitting 19% below the local median of 13.3 min at 10.8 min. That is the better end of the local range on this measure.
Work from home tells the same story from another angle: 11.0% against a local median of 9.5%, 16% above it. The counties themselves spread 9.4 min on one-way commute, so Grant County, SD sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Grant County, SD has the lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Grant County, South Dakota.
How much does the average commute cost workers in Grant County, South Dakota?
Commuters here spend an estimated 90 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $2,781 at a typical national wage. That's 30% less than the typical South Dakota commuter spends.
When is rush hour worst in Grant County, South Dakota?
Traffic peaks between 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM in Grant 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.
How common is public transit use in Grant 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.
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).