Work & commute · Pipestone

Work & commute in Pipestone, MN

46% of Pipestone’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Sioux Falls (5%), Brewster (5%) and Marshall (2%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

46%

960 of 2,087 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

13 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,127 Pipestone residents head out of town to work, 960 work right here, and 1,598 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pipestone.

1,127live here, work elsewhere

960live and work here

1,598work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pipestone goes to work

Pipestone (in town)right here

46%960

Sioux Falls, SD37.8 mi away

5%113

Brewster47 mi away

5%111

Marshall40.6 mi away

2%45

Edgerton12.3 mi away

2%42

Flandreau, SD14.8 mi away

2%40

Troy6.2 mi away

2%39

Sweet3.8 mi away

1%30

Luverne24.1 mi away

1%23

Wells129.6 mi away

1%22

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%662

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Pipestone commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

52%

12%

18%

52%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pipestone is balanced between jobs and homes

1.23jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.23 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Pipestone are

2,558 jobs are based in Pipestone. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pipestone’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Pipestone

2,558 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Pipestone residents hold

2,087 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−41%

Jobs based in Pipestone, 2013 → 2023: 4,367 → 2,558. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.