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Commuting in Miner 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 Miner County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Miner County spend about 27 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 113 hours, about 4.7 full days, spent commuting. That is 11% less time on the road than the South Dakota average of 15.3 minutes each way, a difference of 1.8 minutes.

Miner County holds about 0.3% of South Dakota's population but accounts for roughly 0.2% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Miner County would save about 45 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,403 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)
Miner County 13.6 min 27.2 min 113 hrs/yr $3,507 228
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

Fastest commutes among counties in South Dakota
  1. Jones County (6.7 min)
  2. Bennett County (7.5 min)
  3. Jackson County (7.8 min)
Slowest commutes among counties in South Dakota
  1. Custer County (25.5 min)
  2. McCook County (25.4 min)
  3. Turner County (23.1 min)

Compare commute times among different counties

Miner County
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Average commute time

On average, it takes 13.6 minutes to get to work in Miner County. That's 39% 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 9.8% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Miner County

  • Car: 85.4%
  • Worked at Home: 9.8%
  • Other: 3.3%
  • Walked: 1.3%
  • Bicycle: 0.2%
  • Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low

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

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

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

Commute Mode Trends in Miner County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Miner 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 Other Walked Bicycle Public Transportation Taxi Motorcycle
2009 83.8% 6.6% 0.2% 8.9% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.2%
2010 81.1% 8.8% 0.3% 9.2% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.3%
2011 78.7% 8.6% 0.7% 11.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.2%
2012 78.5% 9.7% 1.0% 10.5% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.3%
2013 81.3% 10.0% 1.0% 7.5% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1%
2014 81.3% 10.9% 1.1% 6.6% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2015 80.8% 10.5% 1.2% 6.9% 0.1% 0.5% 0.0% 0.0%
2016 84.1% 10.2% 1.3% 3.7% 0.1% 0.6% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 84.1% 8.9% 2.0% 4.4% 0.0% 0.5% 0.0% 0.0%
2018 84.3% 9.4% 1.6% 3.4% 0.0% 1.2% 0.0% 0.0%
2019 81.0% 11.6% 1.8% 3.3% 0.0% 2.4% 0.0% 0.0%
2020 85.4% 9.3% 2.5% 2.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2021 84.6% 9.7% 3.9% 1.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2022 84.0% 11.7% 3.7% 0.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2023 83.0% 12.4% 3.6% 1.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2024 85.4% 9.8% 3.3% 1.3% 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 bottomed out in 2012 at 78.5%. Overall it rose from 83.8% in 2009 to 85.4% in 2024, up 1.6 percentage points. It has risen in the latest release.

Working from home gained the most ground in Miner County: its share of workers rose from 6.6% in 2009 to 9.8% in 2024, up 3.2 percentage points.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 8.9% to 1.3% of workers (down 7.6 percentage points).

Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2013 release and has stayed ahead since.

Working from home peaked at 12.4% in 2023 and has since fallen back to 9.8%.

Commute Start Times in Miner County

  • Hitting SnoozeThe biggest shift to later mornings among South Dakota's 66 counties: the typical start is 16 minutes later than in 2009.

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Miner County?

The bars show when commuters in Miner 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
6.4%
5:00-5:29 AM
5.0%
5:30-5:59 AM
4.4%
6:00-6:29 AM
4.4%
6:30-6:59 AM
11.5%
7:00-7:29 AM
12.8%
7:30-7:59 AM
23.1%
8:00-8:29 AM
14.8%
8:30-8:59 AM
0.7%
9:00-9:59 AM
5.1%
10:00-10:59 AM
1.1%
11:00-11:59 AM
0.2%
12:00-3:59 PM
3.8%
4:00-11:59 PM
6.7%

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

The busiest time to head out in Miner County is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 23.1% of commuters leave home, compared with 19.9% across South Dakota. Early starts are more common than in South Dakota: 15.8% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 12.2% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in South Dakota: 62.3% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 57.7% there. About 1 in 6 commuters (16.9%) 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 Miner 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 Miner 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 Miner 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 Miner County South Dakota United States
2009 7:21 AM 7:40 AM 7:37 AM
2010 7:22 AM 7:40 AM 7:38 AM
2011 7:28 AM 7:40 AM 7:38 AM
2012 7:31 AM 7:39 AM 7:38 AM
2013 7:31 AM 7:39 AM 7:39 AM
2014 7:34 AM 7:39 AM 7:39 AM
2015 7:30 AM 7:39 AM 7:38 AM
2016 7:29 AM 7:38 AM 7:38 AM
2017 7:25 AM 7:38 AM 7:38 AM
2018 7:25 AM 7:37 AM 7:37 AM
2019 7:24 AM 7:37 AM 7:37 AM
2020 7:33 AM 7:37 AM 7:37 AM
2021 7:34 AM 7:37 AM 7:37 AM
2022 7:36 AM 7:36 AM 7:37 AM
2023 7:39 AM 7:37 AM 7:38 AM
2024 7:37 AM 7:35 AM 7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Miner County were on the road by 7:37 AM, 16 minutes later than in 2009 (7:21 AM). That goes against the trend across South Dakota, where the typical commuter now leaves 5 minutes earlier than in 2009. Commuters in Miner County now leave at about the same time as the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). Since the 2019 release, which covers the years just before the pandemic, the typical start in Miner County has moved 13 minutes later.

How does Miner County's commute time compare?

Metric Miner County South Dakota US Average
Avg. Commute Time 13.6 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 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home 9.8% 9.7% 15.0%
Walked 1.3% 3.1% 2.4%
Public Transit < 0.1% 0.5% 3.2%

The average commute time in Miner County is 13.6 minutes, shorter than the 15.3 minutes in South Dakota.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.5% in South Dakota. 1.3% commute by walking, lower than the 3.1% in South Dakota.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Miner County, SD Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Miner County, SD is the smallest of the 6 counties compared here, 2,300 residents against a local median of 5,244. Where Miner County, SD breaks from the counties next to it is one-way commute, sitting 27% below the local median of 18.6 min at 13.6 min. That is the better end of the local range on this measure.

The counties themselves spread 14.5 min on one-way commute, so Miner County, SD sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Miner County, SD has the 3rd lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.

Area Population One-way commute Work from home Typical departure
Miner County, SD 2,300 13.6 min #3/6 9.8% #5/6 7:37 AM #6/6
Kingsbury County, SD 5,244 13.5 min 8.5% 7:24 AM
Hanson County, SD 3,472 18.6 min 10.6% 7:28 AM
McCook County, SD 5,751 25.4 min 11.2% 7:14 AM
Lake County, SD 10,972 10.9 min 10.5% 7:33 AM
Sanborn County, SD 2,384 20.7 min 18.6% 7:31 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Miner County, South Dakota.

What is the financial impact of commuting in Miner County, South Dakota?

Commuters here spend an estimated 113 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $3,507 at a typical national wage. That's 11% less than the typical South Dakota commuter spends.

What are the busiest morning travel hours in Miner County, South Dakota?

Traffic peaks between 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM in Miner County, South Dakota. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM also sees a secondary bump.

How common is public transit use in Miner 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.

Which counties in South Dakota have the fastest and slowest commutes?

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).