Commuting in Moody 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 Moody County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Moody County spend about 24 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 99 hours, about 4.1 full days, spent commuting. That is 23% less time on the road than the South Dakota average of 15.3 minutes each way, a difference of 3.5 minutes.
Moody County holds about 0.7% 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 Moody County would save about 40 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,225 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)
Moody County
11.9 min
23.7 min
99 hrs/yr
$3,062
481
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
11.9
minutes to get to work in
Moody County.
That's 47% 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 9.5% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Moody County
Car:
84.0%
Worked at Home:
9.5%
Walked:
4.4%
Public Transportation:
1.1%
Other:
0.6%
Motorcycle:
0.2%
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Bicycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Moody County, versus 0.1% in South Dakota.
Biking is essentially absent in Moody County, versus 0.3% in South Dakota.
Commute Mode Trends in Moody County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Moody 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
Public Transportation
Other
Motorcycle
Taxi
Bicycle
2009
87.1%
5.6%
6.8%
0.0%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.4%
2010
86.9%
5.1%
7.7%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.2%
2011
83.3%
6.5%
9.6%
0.0%
0.6%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
2012
80.7%
7.4%
10.5%
0.0%
0.8%
0.0%
0.0%
0.7%
2013
77.2%
7.4%
12.9%
0.0%
1.7%
0.0%
0.0%
0.8%
2014
78.1%
7.5%
11.9%
0.0%
1.6%
0.0%
0.0%
0.9%
2015
77.4%
7.9%
12.1%
0.0%
1.6%
0.0%
0.0%
0.9%
2016
81.5%
7.4%
9.1%
0.0%
0.9%
0.0%
0.0%
1.0%
2017
84.2%
6.8%
6.9%
0.0%
1.9%
0.0%
0.0%
0.2%
2018
85.4%
7.8%
5.4%
0.1%
1.3%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
2019
83.2%
9.5%
5.5%
0.1%
1.8%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2020
80.4%
12.0%
4.9%
1.5%
1.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2021
80.9%
11.9%
4.9%
1.0%
1.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2022
79.4%
13.8%
5.0%
1.0%
0.7%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
2023
79.8%
13.5%
4.7%
1.1%
0.6%
0.4%
0.0%
0.0%
2024
84.0%
9.5%
4.4%
1.1%
0.6%
0.2%
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 2013 at 77.2%. Overall it fell from 87.1% in 2009 to 84.0% in 2024, down 3.1 percentage points. It has risen in each of the last 2 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Moody County: its share of workers rose from 5.6% in 2009 to 9.5% in 2024, up 3.9 percentage points.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 6.8% to 4.4% of workers (down 2.4 percentage points).
Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2018 release and has stayed ahead since.
Working from home peaked at 13.8% in 2022 and has since fallen back to 9.5%.
Commute Start Times in Moody County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Moody County?
The bars show when commuters in Moody 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 AMMoody County7.5%South Dakota4.1%
7.5%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMMoody County4.4%South Dakota3.1%
4.4%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMMoody County5.8%South Dakota5.1%
5.8%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMMoody County8.9%South Dakota6.9%
8.9%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMMoody County7.6%South Dakota11.3%
7.6%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMMoody County14.0%South Dakota16.2%
14.0%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMMoody County17.5%South Dakota19.9%
17.5%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMMoody County14.9%South Dakota10.2%
14.9%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMMoody County1.8%South Dakota3.7%
1.8%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMMoody County3.8%South Dakota4.3%
3.8%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMMoody County4.3%South Dakota2.0%
4.3%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMMoody County2.3%South Dakota1.4%
2.3%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMMoody County3.9%South Dakota6.1%
3.9%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMMoody County3.2%South Dakota5.8%
3.2%
Moody CountySouth DakotaSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Moody County is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 17.5% of commuters leave home, compared with 19.9% across South Dakota. Early starts are more common than in South Dakota: 17.7% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 12.2% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in South Dakota: 54.0% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 57.7% there. About 1 in 6 commuters (17.6%) 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 Moody 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 Moody 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 Moody 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
Moody County
South Dakota
United States
2009
7:30 AM
7:40 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:32 AM
7:40 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:30 AM
7:40 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:26 AM
7:39 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:27 AM
7:39 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:25 AM
7:39 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:24 AM
7:39 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:23 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:29 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:28 AM
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:29 AM
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:30 AM
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:29 AM
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:29 AM
7:36 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:27 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:33 AM
7:35 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Moody County were on the road by 7:33 AM, 4 minutes later than in 2009 (7:30 AM). That goes against the trend across South Dakota, where the typical commuter now leaves 5 minutes earlier than in 2009. Commuters in Moody County now leave 5 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 Moody County has moved 4 minutes later. The 2024 release is the latest typical start for Moody County in the whole series.
How does Moody County's commute time compare?
Metric
Moody County
South Dakota
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
11.9 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
9.5%
9.7%
15.0%
Walked
4.4%
3.1%
2.4%
Public Transit
1.1%
0.5%
3.2%
The average commute time in Moody County is 11.9 minutes, shorter than the 15.3 minutes in South Dakota.
1.1% commute by public transit, higher than the 0.5% in South Dakota. 4.4% commute by walking, higher than the 3.1% in South Dakota.
Moody County, SD Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Moody County, SD is the smallest of the 6 counties compared here, 6,397 residents against a local median of 10,972. Moody County, SD sits close to the middle of its own neighbourhood. No measure below is more than 15% off the local median, so the choice between these counties turns on things this data does not capture.
The largest of those small differences is work from home, 14% below the local median at 9.5% against 11.1%. Moody County, SD has the 5th highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Moody County, South Dakota.
Is commuting expensive in Moody County, South Dakota?
Commuters here spend an estimated 99 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $3,062 at a typical national wage. That's 23% less than the typical South Dakota commuter spends.
What time should you leave for work to avoid traffic in Moody County, South Dakota?
Traffic peaks between 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM in Moody 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.
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).