Commuting in Hutchinson 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 Hutchinson County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Hutchinson County spend about 25 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 103 hours, about 4.3 full days, spent commuting. That is 19% less time on the road than the South Dakota average of 15.3 minutes each way, a difference of 2.9 minutes.
Hutchinson County holds about 0.8% of South Dakota's population but accounts for roughly 0.7% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Hutchinson County would save about 41 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,280 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)
Hutchinson County
12.4 min
24.8 min
103 hrs/yr
$3,201
182
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
12.4
minutes to get to work in
Hutchinson County.
That's 45% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
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 8.1% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Hutchinson County
Car:
85.4%
Worked at Home:
8.1%
Walked:
5.8%
Other:
0.5%
Bicycle:
0.2%
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Public Transportation:
< 0.1%unusually low
Public transit is unusually rare in Hutchinson County: 594116761.0 times less than the South Dakota average (0.0% vs 0.5%).
Taking a taxi is unusually rare in Hutchinson County: 363974.7 times less than the South Dakota average (0.0% vs 0.1%).
Commute Mode Trends in Hutchinson County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Hutchinson 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
Motorcycle
Public Transportation
Taxi
2009
78.6%
11.1%
7.0%
1.5%
1.3%
0.4%
0.0%
0.0%
2010
78.4%
11.2%
7.5%
1.4%
1.2%
0.2%
0.1%
0.0%
2011
78.1%
10.5%
9.1%
1.4%
0.8%
0.1%
0.1%
0.0%
2012
77.8%
9.9%
9.3%
1.3%
1.3%
0.2%
0.1%
0.0%
2013
76.9%
10.8%
10.0%
0.7%
1.4%
0.2%
0.1%
0.0%
2014
76.7%
10.1%
10.6%
0.4%
1.9%
0.3%
0.1%
0.0%
2015
76.6%
10.2%
10.4%
0.5%
2.0%
0.3%
0.0%
0.0%
2016
76.3%
11.1%
9.1%
0.5%
2.8%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
2017
77.2%
12.7%
7.9%
0.7%
1.5%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
2018
77.9%
12.3%
6.6%
1.6%
1.4%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
2019
81.8%
9.8%
5.1%
2.2%
0.9%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
2020
82.3%
9.4%
5.4%
2.1%
0.7%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
2021
84.9%
7.1%
5.3%
1.8%
0.7%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
2022
85.1%
7.3%
5.2%
1.7%
0.5%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
2023
86.3%
8.2%
4.6%
0.5%
0.4%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
2024
85.4%
8.1%
5.8%
0.5%
0.2%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share was highest in 2023 at 86.3% and lowest in 2016 at 76.3%. Overall it rose from 78.6% in 2009 to 85.4% in 2024, up 6.8 percentage points. It has fallen in the latest release.
Working from home lost the most ground, falling from 11.1% to 8.1% of workers (down 3.0 percentage points).
Walking peaked at 10.6% in 2014 and has since fallen back to 5.8%.
Commute Start Times in Hutchinson County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Hutchinson County?
The bars show when commuters in Hutchinson 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.
Hutchinson CountySouth DakotaSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Hutchinson County is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 21.1% of commuters leave home, compared with 19.9% across South Dakota. Early starts are about as common as in South Dakota: 12.0% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 12.2% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in South Dakota: 66.7% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 57.7% there. About 1 in 10 commuters (9.9%) 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 Hutchinson 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 Hutchinson 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 Hutchinson 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
Hutchinson County
South Dakota
United States
2009
7:38 AM
7:40 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:37 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
7:37 AM
7:39 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:36 AM
7:39 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:38 AM
7:39 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:39 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:31 AM
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:27 AM
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:30 AM
7:36 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:22 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:22 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Hutchinson County were on the road by 7:22 AM, 16 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:38 AM). The shift is sharper than across South Dakota, where the typical start moved 5 minutes earlier. Commuters in Hutchinson County now leave 16 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 Hutchinson County has moved 15 minutes earlier. The 2024 release is the earliest typical start for Hutchinson County in the whole series.
How does Hutchinson County's commute time compare?
Metric
Hutchinson County
South Dakota
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
12.4 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
8.1%
9.7%
15.0%
Walked
5.8%
3.1%
2.4%
Public Transit
< 0.1%
0.5%
3.2%
The average commute time in Hutchinson County is 12.4 minutes, shorter than the 15.3 minutes in South Dakota.
0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.5% in South Dakota. 5.8% commute by walking, higher than the 3.1% in South Dakota.
Hutchinson County, SD Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Hutchinson County, SD is typical in size for this group, 7,404 residents against a local median of 7,043, so the measures below are close to a like for like comparison. Where Hutchinson County, SD breaks from the counties next to it is one-way commute, sitting 28% below the local median of 17.2 min at 12.4 min. That is the better end of the local range on this measure.
The counties themselves spread 14.0 min on one-way commute, so Hutchinson County, SD sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Hutchinson County, SD has the 3rd lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Hutchinson County, South Dakota.
Is living in Hutchinson County, South Dakota good for avoiding long commute costs?
Commuters here spend an estimated 103 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $3,201 at a typical national wage. That's 19% less than the typical South Dakota commuter spends.
When is peak congestion during the morning commute in Hutchinson County, South Dakota?
Traffic peaks between 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM in Hutchinson 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 Hutchinson 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.
Where are the quickest and slowest commutes among 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).