Work & commute · Aberdeen

Work & commute in Aberdeen, SD

Most working residents leave Aberdeen for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Aberdeen (68%), Sioux Falls (3%) and Watertown (3%). Half commute less than 4 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23 of 466 working residents

Typical commute

4 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 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 443 Aberdeen residents head out of town to work, 23 work right here, and 1,386 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Aberdeen.

443live here, work elsewhere

23live and work here

1,386work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Aberdeen goes to work

Aberdeen2.7 mi away

68%318

Aberdeen (in town)right here

5%23

Sioux Falls158.9 mi away

3%16

Watertown76.4 mi away

3%12

Pierre115.3 mi away

2%8

Bath8.6 mi away

2%8

Brookings116.3 mi away

2%7

Rapid City249.4 mi away

1%5

Mitchell121.6 mi away

1%4

Groton20.4 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

13%62

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

How far

How far Aberdeen commutes

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

76%

19%

76%Under 10 mi

3%10–24 mi

1%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Aberdeen is a job hub

3.02jobs per working resident

A job hub

3.0 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Aberdeen are

1,409 jobs are based in Aberdeen. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Aberdeen’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Aberdeen

1,409 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)63%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)13%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month75%

Jobs Aberdeen residents hold

466 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+38%

Jobs based in Aberdeen, 2013 → 2023: 1,018 → 1,409. 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.