Work & commute · Aberdeen

Work & commute in Aberdeen, SD

67% of Aberdeen’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Aberdeen (7%), Sioux Falls (4%) and Brookings (2%). Half commute less than 2 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

67%

9,015 of 13,552 working residents

Typical commute

2 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

12 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 4,537 Aberdeen residents head out of town to work, 9,015 work right here, and 6,108 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Aberdeen.

4,537live here, work elsewhere

9,015live and work here

6,108work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Aberdeen goes to work

Aberdeen (in town)right here

67%9,015

Aberdeen2.7 mi away

7%930

Sioux Falls158.1 mi away

4%526

Brookings114.9 mi away

2%248

Watertown74.5 mi away

2%211

Bath6 mi away

1%170

Mitchell121.8 mi away

1%162

Pierre117.8 mi away

1%151

Rapid City252.1 mi away

1%115

Huron77.2 mi away

1%100

Everywhere elseother towns and states

14%1,924

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%

20%

76%Under 10 mi

2%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Aberdeen is balanced between jobs and homes

1.12jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.12 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Aberdeen are

15,123 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

15,123 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Aberdeen residents hold

13,552 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month57%

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Jobs based in Aberdeen, 2013 → 2023: 15,990 → 15,123. 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.