Work & commute · Alliance

Work & commute in Alliance, SD

Most working residents leave Alliance for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Sioux Falls (24%), Brookings (18%) and Colman (9%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 33 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 32 Alliance residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 22 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Alliance.

32live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

22work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Alliance goes to work

Sioux Falls27.5 mi away

24%8

Brookings31.9 mi away

18%6

Colman17.5 mi away

9%3

Flandreau11.8 mi away

6%2

Aberdeen145.7 mi away

6%2

Akron, IA74 mi away

3%1

Pipestone, MN11 mi away

3%1

Fargo, ND205.8 mi away

3%1

Madison32 mi away

3%1

Mitchell78.5 mi away

3%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

21%7

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

How far

How far Alliance commutes

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

39%

33%

21%

6%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

33%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Alliance is a commuter town

0.70jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Alliance are

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

Jobs based in Alliance

23 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)91%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less4%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month74%

Jobs Alliance residents hold

33 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+92%

Jobs based in Alliance, 2013 → 2023: 12 → 23. 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.