Work & commute · Bates

Work & commute in Bates, SD

Most working residents leave Bates for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Groton (24%), Aberdeen (18%) and Brookings (12%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 17 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

61%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 17 Bates residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bates.

17live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

3work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bates goes to work

Groton12.3 mi away

24%4

Aberdeen24.6 mi away

18%3

Brookings91 mi away

12%2

Warner22.6 mi away

6%1

Leola53.4 mi away

6%1

Huron64 mi away

6%1

Watertown49.9 mi away

6%1

Box Elder260.7 mi away

6%1

Garden Prairie6.4 mi away

6%1

Groton12.4 mi away

6%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

6%1

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

How far

How far Bates commutes

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

12%

47%

35%

12%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bates is a commuter town

0.18jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bates are

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

Jobs based in Bates

3 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Bates residents hold

17 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+50%

Jobs based in Bates, 2013 → 2023: 2 → 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.