Work & commute · Alban

Work & commute in Alban, SD

Most working residents leave Alban for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Milbank (38%), Sioux Falls (9%) and Watertown (8%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13 of 237 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

10 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 224 Alban residents head out of town to work, 13 work right here, and 310 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Alban.

224live here, work elsewhere

13live and work here

310work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Alban goes to work

Milbank4.4 mi away

38%91

Sioux Falls115.1 mi away

9%21

Watertown35.9 mi away

8%18

Alban (in town)right here

5%13

Ortonville, MN8.7 mi away

3%8

Big Stone City8.3 mi away

3%7

Big Stone5.7 mi away

3%7

Blooming Valley30.1 mi away

2%5

Mitchell125.6 mi away

2%4

Brookings63.1 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%59

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

How far

How far Alban commutes

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

53%

14%

26%

53%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Alban is balanced between jobs and homes

1.36jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.36 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Alban are

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

Jobs based in Alban

323 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)64%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)5%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month70%

Jobs Alban residents hold

237 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+58%

Jobs based in Alban, 2013 → 2023: 205 → 323. 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.