100% of Alden’s working residents leave town for work
Most working residents leave Alden for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Miller (33%), Sioux Falls (22%) and Crooks (11%). Half commute less than 50 miles.
What kind of work town is Alden?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
Working from home in Alden
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
of Alden workers work from home, vs 10% across South Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
33% of working residents work in Miller
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Alden clocks in
11% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Alden quiets down on a workday
On a workday 9 residents head out to work, 0 work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere.
About 21 people are in Alden on a workday afternoon, 28% fewer than live here.
0.11 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Half of Alden commutes less than 50 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 56% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Alden makes things: 100% of its jobs are in goods
1 jobs are based in Alden. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Alden’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Alden, 2013 → 2023: 15 → 1. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Alden and the towns next door
Darker towns draw more of Alden’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
- Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
More of Alden
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Alden, from the people who make the trip.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.