Hanson County Commute Time Map & Patterns

Commute Time Burden in Hanson County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Hanson 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 155 hours, about 6.5 full days, spent commuting. That is 21% more time on the road than the South Dakota average of 15.3 minutes each way, a difference of 3.3 minutes.

Hanson 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 Hanson County would save about 62 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,923 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)
Hanson County	18.6 min	37.2 min	155 hrs/yr	$4,808	749
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.

Commute Time Map: South Dakota Counties

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On average, it takes 18.6 minutes to get to work in Hanson County. That's 17% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Slower than 88% 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 10.6% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Hanson County

• Car: 82.9%
• Worked at Home: 10.6%
• Walked: 5.7%
• Other: 0.6%
• Bicycle: 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 Hanson County: 33056.6 times less than the South Dakota average (0.0% vs 0.2%).

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

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

Commute Mode Trends in Hanson County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Hanson 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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Show commute mode data by year

Year	Car	Worked at Home	Walked	Other	Bicycle	Public Transportation	Taxi	Motorcycle
2009	77.9%	15.8%	5.9%	0.0%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2010	79.6%	15.8%	4.2%	0.0%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2011	81.3%	13.6%	4.8%	0.0%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2012	79.4%	13.0%	5.0%	0.0%	2.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2013	81.3%	10.9%	5.0%	0.0%	2.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2014	85.8%	7.2%	4.0%	0.0%	2.8%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%
2015	83.7%	7.9%	5.1%	0.2%	2.8%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%
2016	83.2%	9.6%	3.5%	0.2%	3.4%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%
2017	89.0%	7.7%	2.6%	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%
2018	89.7%	6.9%	2.8%	0.2%	0.1%	0.2%	0.0%	0.1%
2019	88.1%	7.7%	3.4%	0.5%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.3%
2020	86.5%	8.3%	4.3%	0.5%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%
2021	84.1%	7.5%	7.3%	0.6%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%
2022	85.3%	7.3%	6.0%	0.8%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%
2023	84.0%	9.1%	6.1%	0.7%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	82.9%	10.6%	5.7%	0.6%	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 2018 at 89.7%. Overall it rose from 77.9% in 2009 to 82.9% in 2024, up 5.0 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 2 releases.

Working from home lost the most ground, falling from 15.8% to 10.6% of workers (down 5.2 percentage points).

Biking peaked at 3.4% in 2016 and has since fallen back to 0.2%.

Commute Start Times in Hanson County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Hanson County?

The bars show when commuters in Hanson 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 Hanson County1.9% South Dakota4.1%	1.9%
5:00-5:29 AM	5:00-5:29 AM Hanson County1.2% South Dakota3.1%	1.2%
5:30-5:59 AM	5:30-5:59 AM Hanson County7.3% South Dakota5.1%	7.3%
6:00-6:29 AM	6:00-6:29 AM Hanson County8.1% South Dakota6.9%	8.1%
6:30-6:59 AM	6:30-6:59 AM Hanson County10.2% South Dakota11.3%	10.2%
7:00-7:29 AM	7:00-7:29 AM Hanson County22.5% South Dakota16.2%	22.5%
7:30-7:59 AM	7:30-7:59 AM Hanson County26.0% South Dakota19.9%	26.0%
8:00-8:29 AM	8:00-8:29 AM Hanson County7.5% South Dakota10.2%	7.5%
8:30-8:59 AM	8:30-8:59 AM Hanson County1.5% South Dakota3.7%	1.5%
9:00-9:59 AM	9:00-9:59 AM Hanson County0.7% South Dakota4.3%	0.7%
10:00-10:59 AM	10:00-10:59 AM Hanson County0.3% South Dakota2.0%	0.3%
11:00-11:59 AM	11:00-11:59 AM Hanson County2.4% South Dakota1.4%	2.4%
12:00-3:59 PM	12:00-3:59 PM Hanson County5.5% South Dakota6.1%	5.5%
4:00-11:59 PM	4:00-11:59 PM Hanson County4.9% South Dakota5.8%	4.9%

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

The busiest time to head out in Hanson County is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 26.0% of commuters leave home, compared with 19.9% across South Dakota. Early starts are less common than in South Dakota: 10.4% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 12.2% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in South Dakota: 66.1% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 57.7% there. About 1 in 7 commuters (13.9%) 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 Hanson 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 Hanson 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 Hanson 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	Hanson County	South Dakota	United States
2009	7:33 AM	7:40 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:34 AM	7:40 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:24 AM	7:40 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:23 AM	7:39 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:23 AM	7:39 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:26 AM	7:39 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:26 AM	7:39 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:29 AM	7:38 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:37 AM	7:38 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:38 AM	7:37 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:38 AM	7:37 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:33 AM	7:37 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:33 AM	7:37 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:26 AM	7:36 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:25 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:28 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Hanson County were on the road by 7:28 AM, 4 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:33 AM). South Dakota followed the same path, with the typical start moving 5 minutes earlier. Commuters in Hanson County now leave 9 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 Hanson County has moved 9 minutes earlier.

How does Hanson County's commute time compare?

Metric	Hanson County	South Dakota	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	18.6 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	10.6%	9.7%	15.0%
Walked	5.7%	3.1%	2.4%
Public Transit	< 0.1%	0.5%	3.2%

The average commute time in Hanson County is 18.6 minutes, longer than the 15.3 minutes in South Dakota.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.5% in South Dakota. 5.7% commute by walking, higher than the 3.1% in South Dakota.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau