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Commuting in Ziebach 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 Ziebach County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Ziebach County spend about 46 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 191 hours, about 7.9 full days, spent commuting. That is 49% more time on the road than the South Dakota average of 15.3 minutes each way, a difference of 7.5 minutes.

Ziebach County holds about 0.3% 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 Ziebach County would save about 76 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,362 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)
Ziebach County 22.9 min 45.7 min 191 hrs/yr $5,906 109
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

Ziebach County
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Average commute time

On average, it takes 22.9 minutes to get to work in Ziebach County. That's 2% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Among the 5 slowest 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 working from home. About 24.4% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Ziebach County

  • Car: 70.3%
  • Worked at Home: 24.4%
  • Walked: 3.7%
  • Other: 1.6%
  • 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 Ziebach County, versus 0.2% in South Dakota.

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

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

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

Commute Mode Trends in Ziebach County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Ziebach 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 Other Public Transportation Taxi Motorcycle Bicycle
2009 76.2% 11.4% 5.7% 3.6% 2.0% 0.0% 0.3% 0.8%
2010 74.8% 12.4% 8.3% 2.5% 1.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.5%
2011 77.2% 11.0% 8.4% 1.5% 0.9% 0.4% 0.0% 0.5%
2012 76.8% 12.0% 7.6% 1.8% 0.9% 0.5% 0.0% 0.5%
2013 74.1% 14.0% 8.2% 1.7% 1.5% 0.5% 0.0% 0.0%
2014 72.3% 17.9% 8.5% 0.2% 0.8% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0%
2015 71.1% 19.9% 6.6% 1.4% 0.7% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0%
2016 69.6% 22.4% 5.1% 2.2% 0.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 66.1% 25.8% 4.3% 3.4% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2018 66.6% 27.0% 3.1% 3.2% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2019 65.5% 29.0% 2.5% 2.8% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2020 70.3% 25.5% 2.4% 1.7% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2021 67.0% 29.7% 2.1% 1.1% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2022 64.7% 32.4% 2.4% 0.4% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2023 66.9% 29.0% 2.7% 1.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2024 70.3% 24.4% 3.7% 1.6% 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. Its share was highest in 2011 at 77.2% and lowest in 2022 at 64.7%. Overall it fell from 76.2% in 2009 to 70.3% in 2024, down 5.9 percentage points. It has risen in each of the last 2 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Ziebach County: its share of workers rose from 11.4% in 2009 to 24.4% in 2024, up 13.0 percentage points.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 5.7% to 3.7% of workers (down 2.0 percentage points).

Working from home peaked at 32.4% in 2022 and has since fallen back to 24.4%.

Commute Start Times in Ziebach County

  • Rush-Hour RegularsThe highest share of rush-hour departures among South Dakota's 66 counties: 85.4% of commuters leave between 6:30 and 8:29 AM.

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Ziebach County?

The bars show when commuters in Ziebach 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
0.0%
5:00-5:29 AM
0.0%
5:30-5:59 AM
3.0%
6:00-6:29 AM
3.7%
6:30-6:59 AM
11.2%
7:00-7:29 AM
39.8%
7:30-7:59 AM
31.7%
8:00-8:29 AM
2.7%
8:30-8:59 AM
0.9%
9:00-9:59 AM
1.9%
10:00-10:59 AM
0.0%
11:00-11:59 AM
0.0%
12:00-3:59 PM
2.8%
4:00-11:59 PM
2.2%

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

The busiest time to head out in Ziebach County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 39.8% of commuters leave home, compared with 16.2% across South Dakota. Early starts are less common than in South Dakota: 3.0% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 12.2% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in South Dakota: 85.4% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 57.7% there. About 1 in 14 commuters (7.0%) 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 Ziebach 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 Ziebach 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 Ziebach 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 Ziebach County South Dakota United States
2009 7:27 AM 7:40 AM 7:37 AM
2010 7:28 AM 7:40 AM 7:38 AM
2011 7:27 AM 7:40 AM 7:38 AM
2012 7:29 AM 7:39 AM 7:38 AM
2013 7:28 AM 7:39 AM 7:39 AM
2014 7:31 AM 7:39 AM 7:39 AM
2015 7:34 AM 7:39 AM 7:38 AM
2016 7:32 AM 7:38 AM 7:38 AM
2017 7:27 AM 7:38 AM 7:38 AM
2018 7:26 AM 7:37 AM 7:37 AM
2019 7:22 AM 7:37 AM 7:37 AM
2020 7:23 AM 7:37 AM 7:37 AM
2021 7:22 AM 7:37 AM 7:37 AM
2022 7:25 AM 7:36 AM 7:37 AM
2023 7:23 AM 7:37 AM 7:38 AM
2024 7:24 AM 7:35 AM 7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Ziebach County were on the road by 7:24 AM, 3 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:27 AM). Across South Dakota the shift was bigger still, with the typical start moving 5 minutes earlier. Commuters in Ziebach County now leave 14 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 Ziebach County has moved 3 minutes later.

How does Ziebach County's commute time compare?

Metric Ziebach County South Dakota US Average
Avg. Commute Time 22.9 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 24.4% 9.7% 15.0%
Walked 3.7% 3.1% 2.4%
Public Transit < 0.1% 0.5% 3.2%

The average commute time in Ziebach County is 22.9 minutes, longer than the 15.3 minutes in South Dakota.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.5% in South Dakota. 3.7% commute by walking, higher than the 3.1% in South Dakota.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Ziebach County, SD Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Ziebach County, SD is the 5th largest of the 6 counties compared here, 2,377 residents against a local median of 3,015. Where Ziebach County, SD breaks from the counties next to it is one-way commute, sitting 88% above the local median of 12.1 min at 22.9 min. That is the weaker end of the local range on this measure.

Work from home tells the same story from another angle: 24.4% against a local median of 14.2%, 72% above it. The counties themselves spread 10.9 min on one-way commute, so Ziebach County, SD sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Ziebach County, SD has the 6th lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.

Area Population One-way commute Work from home Typical departure
Ziebach County, SD 2,377 22.9 min #6/6 24.4% #2/6 7:24 AM #2/6
Haakon County, SD 1,722 8.8 min 14.2% 7:09 AM
Dewey County, SD 5,205 12.1 min 13.5% 7:37 AM
Corson County, SD 3,806 18.7 min 24.2% 7:35 AM
Perkins County, SD 3,001 7.9 min 32.9% 7:38 AM
Stanley County, SD 3,015 15.0 min 6.6% 7:49 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Ziebach County, South Dakota.

Is commuting expensive in Ziebach County, South Dakota?

Commuters here spend an estimated 191 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,906 at a typical national wage. That's 49% more than the typical South Dakota commuter spends.

What time should you leave for work to avoid traffic in Ziebach County, South Dakota?

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

Is public transportation a realistic commute option in Ziebach 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.

Is Ziebach County, South Dakota a good location for remote and hybrid workers?

About 24.4% of workers here already work from home. Working from home just 2 days a week in Ziebach County would save about 76 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,362 at the same national wage assumption used above.

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).