Work & commute · Agar

Work & commute in Agar, SD

Most working residents leave Agar for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Onida (32%), Pierre (16%) and Mitchell (8%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 37 working residents

Typical commute

23 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 37 Agar residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 6 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Agar.

37live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

6work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Agar goes to work

Onida9.3 mi away

32%12

Pierre34.3 mi away

16%6

Mitchell126.5 mi away

8%3

Hoven31.3 mi away

3%1

Miller57.8 mi away

3%1

Armour135.6 mi away

3%1

Fort Pierre36 mi away

3%1

Chamberlain80.8 mi away

3%1

Aberdeen89.3 mi away

3%1

Rapid City163.9 mi away

3%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%9

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

How far

How far Agar commutes

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

41%

11%

22%

27%

41%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Agar is a commuter town

0.16jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Agar are

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

Jobs based in Agar

6 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)100%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less50%

$1,251–$3,333 a month50%

Over $3,333 a month0%

Jobs Agar residents hold

37 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities35%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−33%

Jobs based in Agar, 2013 → 2023: 9 → 6. 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.