Lyman County Commute Time Map & Patterns

Commute Time Burden in Lyman County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Lyman 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 3.0 minutes.

Lyman County holds about 0.4% of South Dakota's population but accounts for roughly 0.3% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Lyman County would save about 41 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,279 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)
Lyman County	12.4 min	24.8 min	103 hrs/yr	$3,198	340
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 12.4 minutes to get to work in Lyman County. That's 45% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM, followed by 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 11.2% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Lyman County

• Car: 81.6%
• Worked at Home: 11.2%
• Other: 3.4%
• Walked: 3.1%
• Public Transportation: 0.8%
• Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
• Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low
• Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low

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

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

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

Commute Mode Trends in Lyman County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Lyman 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.

• Car
• Worked at Home
• Other
• Walked
• Public Transportation
• Taxi
• Motorcycle
• Bicycle

Show commute mode data by year

Year	Car	Worked at Home	Other	Walked	Public Transportation	Taxi	Motorcycle	Bicycle
2009	76.5%	14.8%	0.6%	5.8%	1.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.6%
2010	77.8%	12.9%	0.5%	6.8%	1.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.8%
2011	78.9%	13.5%	0.6%	5.3%	1.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.3%
2012	81.1%	13.4%	0.8%	3.6%	1.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2013	80.4%	13.2%	1.1%	4.2%	1.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2014	83.2%	10.1%	1.1%	4.9%	0.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2015	82.7%	11.0%	1.3%	4.3%	0.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2016	86.6%	7.6%	0.8%	4.6%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2017	87.7%	6.1%	0.3%	5.2%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2018	86.2%	7.0%	0.0%	6.2%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2019	82.4%	8.9%	0.5%	7.7%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2020	83.4%	8.9%	0.5%	6.8%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2021	81.0%	10.0%	1.3%	7.0%	0.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2022	76.2%	12.5%	3.6%	7.4%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	74.7%	14.5%	3.9%	6.7%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	81.6%	11.2%	3.4%	3.1%	0.8%	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 was highest in 2017 at 87.7% and lowest in 2023 at 74.7%. Overall it rose from 76.5% in 2009 to 81.6% in 2024, up 5.1 percentage points. It has risen in the latest release.

Working from home lost the most ground, falling from 14.8% to 11.2% of workers (down 3.6 percentage points).

Walking peaked at 7.7% in 2019 and has since fallen back to 3.1%.

Commute Start Times in Lyman County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Lyman County?

The bars show when commuters in Lyman 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 Lyman County1.8% South Dakota4.1%	1.8%
5:00-5:29 AM	5:00-5:29 AM Lyman County1.5% South Dakota3.1%	1.5%
5:30-5:59 AM	5:30-5:59 AM Lyman County4.3% South Dakota5.1%	4.3%
6:00-6:29 AM	6:00-6:29 AM Lyman County4.5% South Dakota6.9%	4.5%
6:30-6:59 AM	6:30-6:59 AM Lyman County11.7% South Dakota11.3%	11.7%
7:00-7:29 AM	7:00-7:29 AM Lyman County15.8% South Dakota16.2%	15.8%
7:30-7:59 AM	7:30-7:59 AM Lyman County20.6% South Dakota19.9%	20.6%
8:00-8:29 AM	8:00-8:29 AM Lyman County28.7% South Dakota10.2%	28.7%
8:30-8:59 AM	8:30-8:59 AM Lyman County2.3% South Dakota3.7%	2.3%
9:00-9:59 AM	9:00-9:59 AM Lyman County2.5% South Dakota4.3%	2.5%
10:00-10:59 AM	10:00-10:59 AM Lyman County2.4% South Dakota2.0%	2.4%
11:00-11:59 AM	11:00-11:59 AM Lyman County0.1% South Dakota1.4%	0.1%
12:00-3:59 PM	12:00-3:59 PM Lyman County1.7% South Dakota6.1%	1.7%
4:00-11:59 PM	4:00-11:59 PM Lyman County2.1% South Dakota5.8%	2.1%

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

The busiest time to head out in Lyman County is 8:00-8:29 AM, when 28.7% of commuters leave home, compared with 10.2% across South Dakota. Early starts are less common than in South Dakota: 7.6% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 12.2% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in South Dakota: 76.9% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 57.7% there. About 1 in 11 commuters (8.7%) 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 Lyman 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 Lyman 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 Lyman 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.

• Lyman County
• South Dakota
• United States

Show typical departure times by year

Year	Lyman County	South Dakota	United States
2009	7:57 AM	7:40 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:54 AM	7:40 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:52 AM	7:40 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:54 AM	7:39 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:58 AM	7:39 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:58 AM	7:39 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:58 AM	7:39 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:53 AM	7:38 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:47 AM	7:38 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:45 AM	7:37 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:42 AM	7:37 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:43 AM	7:37 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:47 AM	7:37 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:55 AM	7:36 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:54 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:45 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Lyman County were on the road by 7:45 AM, 11 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:57 AM). The shift is sharper than across South Dakota, where the typical start moved 5 minutes earlier. Commuters in Lyman County now leave 7 minutes later than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). Since the 2019 release, which covers the years just before the pandemic, the typical start in Lyman County has moved 3 minutes later.

How does Lyman County's commute time compare?

Metric	Lyman County	South Dakota	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	12.4 min	15.3 min	22.4 min
Departure Window	08:00 AM – 08:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	11.2%	9.7%	15.0%
Walked	3.1%	3.1%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.8%	0.5%	3.2%

The average commute time in Lyman County is 12.4 minutes, shorter than the 15.3 minutes in South Dakota.

0.8% commute by public transit, higher than the 0.5% in South Dakota. The share of commuters using walking is about the same as South Dakota.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau