See what the average commute is in Meade County, SD

American commutes are getting longer, with a U.S. Census Bureau report released in 2021 revealing the average one-way commute in 2019 reached a record high of 27.6 minutes. Combined with high gas prices, workers' daily commutes are increasingly time-consuming and expensive—so much so that some are calling for commutes to count as part of the workday.

Even worse are travel times for "super commuters"—that unlucky 10% of Americans traveling more than one hour each way to punch a clock.

Stacker compiled statistics about the average commute in Meade County using using data from the U.S. Census Bureau. Statistics are calculated based on 2020 5-year estimates. Meade County has a longer commute than four out of five neighboring counties, with Perkins County, SD having the shortest commute at 13.5 minutes.

Meade County commuting by the numbers
- Average commute: 20.2 minutes
--- 17.0% higher than state average
--- #15 worst commute in the state
- Workers with 1+ hour commute: 2.9%
- Workers who drive to work: 86.2%
--- Workers who carpool to work: 11.3%
- Workers who take public transport to work: 0.0%
- Workers who work from home: 8.0%
- Left for work between 12 a.m. and 6 a.m.: 14.2%
- Worked outside county of residence: 56.9%

Commutes in neighboring counties
#1. Perkins County, SD: 13.5 minutes
#2. Haakon County, SD: 15.6 minutes
#3. Lawrence County, SD: 17.6 minutes
#4. Pennington County, SD: 18.8 minutes
#5. Meade County, SD: 20.2 minutes
#6. Ziebach County, SD: 24.5 minutes

Counties with the best commute in South Dakota
#1. Hyde County: 11.5 minutes
#2. Hughes County: 12.0 minutes
#3. Davison County: 12.2 minutes

Counties with the worst commute in South Dakota
#1. Custer County: 28.5 minutes
#2. Turner County: 25.5 minutes
#3. McCook County: 25.2 minutes