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Work & commute in Baltic, SD

Most working residents leave Baltic for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Sioux Falls (55%), Garretson (6%) and Brandon (5%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
2%
13 of 684 working residents
Typical commute
15 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
22 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
7%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 671 Baltic residents head out of town to work, 13 work right here, and 150 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Baltic.

671live here, work elsewhere
13live and work here
150work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Baltic goes to work

Sioux CityBalticGarretsonDell RapidsBrandonAberdeenSioux FallsRapid CityDell RapidsPalisadeEdisonSverdrupLyonsSioux FallsGarretsonBrandonDell RapidsSverdrupLyonsEdisonSioux CityRapid CityBaltic
1
Sioux Falls15.2 mi away
55%374
2
Garretson12.1 mi away
6%42
3
Brandon13.9 mi away
5%37
4
Baltic (in town)right here
2%13
5
Dell Rapids4.6 mi away
2%13
6
Sverdrup3.8 mi away
2%13
7
Lyons6.9 mi away
1%10
8
Edison8.4 mi away
1%8
9
Sioux City, IA89.1 mi away
1%7
10
Rapid City323.2 mi away
1%7
Everywhere elseother towns and states
23%160

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

How far

How far Baltic commutes

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

12%Under 10 mi
73%10–24 mi
4%25–50 mi
11%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Baltic is a commuter town

0.24jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Baltic are

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

Jobs based in Baltic

163 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)5%
Trade, transport & utilities25%
Services (health, schools, offices…)71%
$1,250 a month or less40%
$1,251–$3,333 a month17%
Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Baltic residents hold

684 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)20%
Trade, transport & utilities20%
Services (health, schools, offices…)60%
$1,250 a month or less16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month20%
Over $3,333 a month64%
+47%

Jobs based in Baltic, 2013 → 2023: 111 → 163. 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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