Work & commute · Dolphin

Work & commute in Dolphin, NE

Most working residents leave Dolphin for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Yankton (18%), Crofton (11%) and Addison (7%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 61 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 61 Dolphin residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 19 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dolphin.

61live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

19work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dolphin goes to work

Yankton, SD17.9 mi away

18%11

Crofton5.7 mi away

11%7

Addison8.5 mi away

7%4

Santee20 mi away

5%3

Creighton22.7 mi away

5%3

Lincoln135.2 mi away

5%3

Sioux City, IA59.8 mi away

3%2

Norfolk43.8 mi away

3%2

Wynot19.9 mi away

2%1

Bloomfield6.6 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%24

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

How far

How far Dolphin commutes

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

22%

42%

10%

25%

22%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dolphin is a commuter town

0.31jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.31 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Dolphin are

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

Jobs based in Dolphin

19 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)100%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month5%

Over $3,333 a month89%

Jobs Dolphin residents hold

61 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month64%

−53%

Jobs based in Dolphin, 2013 → 2023: 40 → 19. 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.