Work & commute · Alpena

Work & commute in Alpena, SD

Most working residents leave Alpena for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Wessington Springs (20%), Alpena (16%) and Mitchell (9%). Half commute less than 35 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 44 working residents

Typical commute

35 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 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 44 Alpena residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 28 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Alpena.

44live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

28work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Alpena goes to work

Wessington Springs9.8 mi away

20%9

Alpena2.7 mi away

16%7

Mitchell34.4 mi away

9%4

Miller38.5 mi away

5%2

Huron17.3 mi away

5%2

Sioux Falls93.3 mi away

5%2

Brewster, MN149.5 mi away

2%1

Emery54.4 mi away

2%1

Timber Lake157.8 mi away

2%1

Murdo116.3 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%14

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

How far

How far Alpena commutes

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

30%

18%

16%

36%

30%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

36%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Alpena is a commuter town

0.64jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Alpena are

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

Jobs based in Alpena

28 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)71%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)29%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Alpena residents hold

44 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+250%

Jobs based in Alpena, 2013 → 2023: 8 → 28. 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.