Work & commute · Alcester

Work & commute in Alcester, SD

Most working residents leave Alcester for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Sioux Falls (26%), Beresford (18%) and Sioux City (4%). Half commute less than 33 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

29 of 322 working residents

Typical commute

33 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 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 293 Alcester residents head out of town to work, 29 work right here, and 326 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Alcester.

293live here, work elsewhere

29live and work here

326work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Alcester goes to work

Sioux Falls35.7 mi away

26%85

Beresford8.5 mi away

18%58

Alcester (in town)right here

9%29

Sioux City, IA38.8 mi away

4%13

Yankton40 mi away

3%9

Brookings88.4 mi away

2%6

Vermillion22.9 mi away

2%5

Akron, IA14.5 mi away

1%4

Hawarden, IA7.5 mi away

1%4

Elk Point24.2 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%105

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

How far

How far Alcester commutes

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

33%

11%

41%

15%

33%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

41%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Alcester is balanced between jobs and homes

1.10jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.10 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Alcester are

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

Jobs based in Alcester

355 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)43%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Alcester residents hold

322 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+15%

Jobs based in Alcester, 2013 → 2023: 310 → 355. 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.