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Work & commute · Altamont

Work & commute in Altamont, SD

Most working residents leave Altamont for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Brookings (19%), Clear Lake (13%) and Sioux Falls (13%). Half commute less than 36 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
0%
0 of 16 working residents
Typical commute
36 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
18 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
0%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 16 Altamont residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Altamont.

16live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
3work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Altamont goes to work

TorontoEstellineAltamontSissetonClear LakeMadisonBrookingsWatertownSioux FallsRapid CityRichlandValleyBakerClark ColonyBrookingsClear LakeSioux FallsTorontoEstellineSissetonMadisonWatertownRapid CityBakerAltamont
1
Brookings37.4 mi away
19%3
2
Clear Lake5.8 mi away
13%2
3
Sioux Falls89.9 mi away
13%2
4
Toronto18.7 mi away
6%1
5
Estelline21 mi away
6%1
6
Sisseton59.3 mi away
6%1
7
Madison61.2 mi away
6%1
8
Watertown23.3 mi away
6%1
9
Rapid City326.2 mi away
6%1
10
Baker46 mi away
6%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
13%2

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

How far

How far Altamont commutes

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

25%Under 10 mi
19%10–24 mi
25%25–50 mi
31%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Altamont is a commuter town

0.19jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Altamont are

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

Jobs based in Altamont

3 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)67%
Trade, transport & utilities0%
Services (health, schools, offices…)33%
$1,250 a month or less33%
$1,251–$3,333 a month0%
Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Altamont residents hold

16 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)25%
Trade, transport & utilities31%
Services (health, schools, offices…)44%
$1,250 a month or less19%
$1,251–$3,333 a month38%
Over $3,333 a month44%
−87%

Jobs based in Altamont, 2013 → 2023: 23 → 3. 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.

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