Marshall County Commute Time Map & Patterns

Commute Time Burden in Marshall County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Marshall County spend about 23 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 95 hours, about 4.0 full days, spent commuting. That is 26% less time on the road than the South Dakota average of 15.3 minutes each way, a difference of 3.9 minutes.

Marshall County holds about 0.5% of South Dakota's population but accounts for roughly 0.4% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Marshall County would save about 38 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,178 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)
Marshall County	11.4 min	22.8 min	95 hrs/yr	$2,945	176
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 11.4 minutes to get to work in Marshall County. That's 49% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM, followed by 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 4.9% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Marshall County

• Car: 88.8%
• Worked at Home: 4.9%
• Walked: 4.8%
• Other: 1.4%
• Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
• Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low
• Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low
• Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low

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

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

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

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

Commute Mode Trends in Marshall County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Marshall 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
• Walked
• Other
• Public Transportation
• Taxi
• Motorcycle
• Bicycle

Show commute mode data by year

Year	Car	Worked at Home	Walked	Other	Public Transportation	Taxi	Motorcycle	Bicycle
2009	83.2%	7.8%	7.9%	0.7%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.3%
2010	84.0%	7.8%	7.5%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%
2011	85.4%	5.7%	8.3%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%
2012	87.6%	4.0%	8.1%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%
2013	86.8%	4.8%	8.0%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.3%
2014	85.9%	5.3%	8.2%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.4%
2015	86.0%	5.7%	7.6%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.6%
2016	85.3%	8.1%	3.8%	2.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.7%
2017	86.4%	8.8%	2.9%	1.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.7%
2018	84.5%	10.7%	3.3%	1.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.4%
2019	84.4%	10.0%	3.2%	1.4%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.5%
2020	85.2%	8.7%	3.1%	1.5%	1.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.3%
2021	87.2%	7.5%	3.1%	0.0%	1.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0.3%
2022	86.5%	5.9%	4.6%	0.7%	2.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.3%
2023	85.9%	5.8%	4.6%	1.4%	1.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0.4%
2024	88.8%	4.9%	4.8%	1.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Overall its share rose from 83.2% in 2009 to 88.8% in 2024, up 5.6 percentage points. It has risen in the latest release.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 7.9% to 4.8% of workers (down 3.1 percentage points).

Working from home peaked at 10.7% in 2018 and has since fallen back to 4.9%.

Commute Start Times in Marshall County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Marshall County?

The bars show when commuters in Marshall 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 Marshall County0.1% South Dakota4.1%	0.1%
5:00-5:29 AM	5:00-5:29 AM Marshall County5.4% South Dakota3.1%	5.4%
5:30-5:59 AM	5:30-5:59 AM Marshall County5.6% South Dakota5.1%	5.6%
6:00-6:29 AM	6:00-6:29 AM Marshall County11.6% South Dakota6.9%	11.6%
6:30-6:59 AM	6:30-6:59 AM Marshall County9.9% South Dakota11.3%	9.9%
7:00-7:29 AM	7:00-7:29 AM Marshall County13.8% South Dakota16.2%	13.8%
7:30-7:59 AM	7:30-7:59 AM Marshall County20.5% South Dakota19.9%	20.5%
8:00-8:29 AM	8:00-8:29 AM Marshall County17.5% South Dakota10.2%	17.5%
8:30-8:59 AM	8:30-8:59 AM Marshall County1.7% South Dakota3.7%	1.7%
9:00-9:59 AM	9:00-9:59 AM Marshall County2.2% South Dakota4.3%	2.2%
10:00-10:59 AM	10:00-10:59 AM Marshall County0.2% South Dakota2.0%	0.2%
11:00-11:59 AM	11:00-11:59 AM Marshall County1.3% South Dakota1.4%	1.3%
12:00-3:59 PM	12:00-3:59 PM Marshall County6.0% South Dakota6.1%	6.0%
4:00-11:59 PM	4:00-11:59 PM Marshall County4.1% South Dakota5.8%	4.1%

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

The busiest time to head out in Marshall County is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 20.5% of commuters leave home, compared with 19.9% across South Dakota. Early starts are less common than in South Dakota: 11.1% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 12.2% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in South Dakota: 61.7% 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 Marshall 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 Marshall 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 Marshall 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.

• Marshall County
• South Dakota
• United States

Show typical departure times by year

Year	Marshall County	South Dakota	United States
2009	7:34 AM	7:40 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:36 AM	7:40 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:39 AM	7:40 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:42 AM	7:39 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:43 AM	7:39 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:45 AM	7:39 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:45 AM	7:39 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:44 AM	7:38 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:42 AM	7:38 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:42 AM	7:37 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:37 AM	7:37 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:41 AM	7:37 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:40 AM	7:37 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:40 AM	7:36 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:42 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:35 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Marshall County were on the road by 7:35 AM, almost exactly the same as in 2009. Across South Dakota, meanwhile, the typical commuter now leaves 5 minutes earlier than in 2009. Commuters in Marshall 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 Marshall County has moved 2 minutes earlier.

How does Marshall County's commute time compare?

Metric	Marshall County	South Dakota	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	11.4 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	08:00 AM – 08:29 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	4.9%	9.7%	15.0%
Walked	4.8%	3.1%	2.4%
Public Transit	< 0.1%	0.5%	3.2%

The average commute time in Marshall County is 11.4 minutes, shorter than the 15.3 minutes in South Dakota.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.5% in South Dakota. 4.8% commute by walking, higher than the 3.1% in South Dakota.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau