Work & commute · Alexandria

Work & commute in Alexandria, SD

Most working residents leave Alexandria for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Mitchell (31%), Sioux Falls (13%) and Emery (5%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19 of 270 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 251 Alexandria residents head out of town to work, 19 work right here, and 117 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Alexandria.

251live here, work elsewhere

19live and work here

117work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Alexandria goes to work

Mitchell14 mi away

31%83

Sioux Falls53 mi away

13%34

Alexandria (in town)right here

7%19

Emery8.8 mi away

5%14

Rapid City272.4 mi away

3%8

Hanson7 mi away

3%8

Wayne1.1 mi away

3%8

Fairview10.9 mi away

3%7

Brookings66.7 mi away

2%6

Huron53.4 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%79

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

How far

How far Alexandria commutes

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

20%

43%

32%

20%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Alexandria is a commuter town

0.50jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Alexandria are

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

Jobs based in Alexandria

136 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)94%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Alexandria residents hold

270 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−9%

Jobs based in Alexandria, 2013 → 2023: 150 → 136. 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.