Tripp County Commute Time Map & Patterns

Commute Time Burden in Tripp County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Tripp County spend about 17 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 72 hours, about 3.0 full days, spent commuting. That is 44% less time on the road than the South Dakota average of 15.3 minutes each way, a difference of 6.7 minutes.

Tripp County holds about 0.6% 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 Tripp County would save about 29 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $894 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)
Tripp County	8.7 min	17.3 min	72 hrs/yr	$2,235	179
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.

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On average, it takes 8.7 minutes to get to work in Tripp County. That's 61% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Faster than 88% of counties in South Dakota

The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by walking. About 5.7% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Tripp County

• Car: 82.3%
• Walked: 9.6% unusually high
• Worked at Home: 5.7%
• Public Transportation: 2.0% unusually high
• Other: 0.4%
• Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
• Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low
• Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low

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

Walking is unusually common in Tripp County: 3.1 times more than the South Dakota average (9.6% vs 3.1%).

Public transit is unusually common in Tripp County: 4.0 times more than the South Dakota average (2.0% vs 0.5%).

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

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

Commute Mode Trends in Tripp County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Tripp 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.

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

Show commute mode data by year

Year	Car	Walked	Worked at Home	Public Transportation	Other	Taxi	Motorcycle	Bicycle
2009	83.2%	5.7%	8.7%	1.5%	0.5%	0.0%	0.4%	0.0%
2010	81.4%	5.9%	10.1%	1.8%	0.4%	0.0%	0.4%	0.0%
2011	77.8%	6.8%	11.8%	2.8%	0.5%	0.0%	0.4%	0.0%
2012	76.7%	6.5%	13.1%	2.4%	1.0%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%
2013	74.8%	6.2%	14.7%	2.5%	1.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2014	77.9%	5.5%	12.4%	2.9%	1.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2015	80.6%	4.5%	11.1%	2.5%	1.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2016	84.7%	4.5%	9.0%	1.3%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2017	85.6%	4.7%	7.9%	1.3%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2018	89.7%	5.8%	4.3%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2019	90.0%	5.6%	4.1%	0.0%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2020	86.9%	10.2%	2.8%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2021	84.6%	12.8%	2.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2022	84.2%	11.9%	2.8%	1.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	80.9%	11.8%	6.0%	1.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	82.3%	9.6%	5.7%	2.0%	0.4%	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 2019 at 90.0% and lowest in 2013 at 74.8%. Overall it fell from 83.2% in 2009 to 82.3% in 2024, down 0.9 percentage points. It has risen in the latest release.

Walking gained the most ground in Tripp County: its share of workers rose from 5.7% in 2009 to 9.6% in 2024, up 3.9 percentage points. Most of that increase, 4.0 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Working from home lost the most ground, falling from 8.7% to 5.7% of workers (down 3.0 percentage points).

Walking overtook working from home to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2018 release and has stayed ahead since.

Walking peaked at 12.8% in 2021 and has since fallen back to 9.6%.

Commute Start Times in Tripp County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Tripp County?

The bars show when commuters in Tripp 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 Tripp County5.0% South Dakota4.1%	5.0%
5:00-5:29 AM	5:00-5:29 AM Tripp County1.4% South Dakota3.1%	1.4%
5:30-5:59 AM	5:30-5:59 AM Tripp County4.0% South Dakota5.1%	4.0%
6:00-6:29 AM	6:00-6:29 AM Tripp County2.5% South Dakota6.9%	2.5%
6:30-6:59 AM	6:30-6:59 AM Tripp County6.3% South Dakota11.3%	6.3%
7:00-7:29 AM	7:00-7:29 AM Tripp County21.2% South Dakota16.2%	21.2%
7:30-7:59 AM	7:30-7:59 AM Tripp County21.1% South Dakota19.9%	21.1%
8:00-8:29 AM	8:00-8:29 AM Tripp County18.9% South Dakota10.2%	18.9%
8:30-8:59 AM	8:30-8:59 AM Tripp County4.5% South Dakota3.7%	4.5%
9:00-9:59 AM	9:00-9:59 AM Tripp County3.7% South Dakota4.3%	3.7%
10:00-10:59 AM	10:00-10:59 AM Tripp County2.8% South Dakota2.0%	2.8%
11:00-11:59 AM	11:00-11:59 AM Tripp County2.8% South Dakota1.4%	2.8%
12:00-3:59 PM	12:00-3:59 PM Tripp County3.5% South Dakota6.1%	3.5%
4:00-11:59 PM	4:00-11:59 PM Tripp County2.1% South Dakota5.8%	2.1%

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

The busiest time to head out in Tripp County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 21.2% of commuters leave home, compared with 16.2% across South Dakota. Early starts are less common than in South Dakota: 10.4% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 12.2% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in South Dakota: 67.6% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 57.7% there. About 1 in 7 commuters (15.0%) 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 Tripp 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 Tripp 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 Tripp 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.

• Tripp County
• South Dakota
• United States

Show typical departure times by year

Year	Tripp County	South Dakota	United States
2009	7:47 AM	7:40 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:43 AM	7:40 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:40 AM	7:40 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:40 AM	7:39 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:39 AM	7:39 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:35 AM	7:39 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:38 AM	7:39 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:40 AM	7:38 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:43 AM	7:38 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:44 AM	7:37 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:44 AM	7:37 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:47 AM	7:37 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:49 AM	7:37 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:46 AM	7:36 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:43 AM	7:37 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:44 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Tripp County were on the road by 7:44 AM, 3 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:47 AM). South Dakota followed the same path, with the typical start moving 5 minutes earlier. Commuters in Tripp County now leave 6 minutes later than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM).

How does Tripp County's commute time compare?

Metric	Tripp County	South Dakota	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	8.7 min	15.3 min	22.4 min
Departure Window	07:00 AM – 07:29 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	5.7%	9.7%	15.0%
Walked	9.6%	3.1%	2.4%
Public Transit	2.0%	0.5%	3.2%

The average commute time in Tripp County is 8.7 minutes, shorter than the 15.3 minutes in South Dakota.

2.0% commute by public transit, higher than the 0.5% in South Dakota. 9.6% commute by walking, higher than the 3.1% in South Dakota.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau