Todd County Commute Time Map & Patterns

Commute Time Burden in Todd County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Todd County spend about 26 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 108 hours, about 4.5 full days, spent commuting.

That is 15% less time on the road than the South Dakota average of 15.3 minutes each way, a difference of 2.3 minutes.

Todd County holds about 1.1% of South Dakota's population but accounts for roughly 0.9% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Todd County would save about 43 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,343 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)
Todd County	13.0 min	26.0 min	108 hrs/yr	$3,358	93
South Dakota	15.3 min	30.7 min	128 hrs/yr	$3,961	353
United States	22.5 min	44.9 min	187 hrs/yr	$5,803	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 13.0 minutes to get to work in Todd County. That's 42% shorter than the 22.5-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM , followed by 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM .

Most people travel to work by Car , followed by Walked . About 3.8% work from home.

Commute mode distribution

• Car: 87.2%
• Walked: 8.0%
• Worked at Home: 3.8%
• Other: 0.7%
• Public Transportation: 0.3%
• Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
• Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low
• Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low

Motorcycle commuting is essentially absent in Todd County, versus 0.2% in South Dakota.

Taxi commuting is essentially absent in Todd County, versus 0.1% in South Dakota.

Bicycle commuting is essentially absent in Todd County, versus 0.3% in South Dakota.

How does Todd County's commute time compare?

Metric	Todd County	South Dakota	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	13.0 min	15.3 min	22.5 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	3.8%	9.3%	13.4%
Walked	8.0%	3.2%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.3%	0.5%	3.5%

The average commute time in Todd County is 13.0 minutes, shorter than the 15.3 minutes in South Dakota.

0.3% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.5% in South Dakota. 8.0% commute by walking, higher than the 3.2% in South Dakota.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau