Work & commute · Batesland

Work & commute in Batesland, SD

Most working residents leave Batesland for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Pine Ridge (31%), Hartford (8%) and Ashland (8%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 13 working residents

Typical commute

29 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 13 Batesland residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 396 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Batesland.

13live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

396work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Batesland goes to work

Pine Ridge23.8 mi away

31%4

Hartford261.7 mi away

8%1

Ashland, MT268.4 mi away

8%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%7

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

How far

How far Batesland commutes

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

38%

23%

0%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

38%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Batesland is a job hub

30.46jobs per working resident

A job hub

30.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Batesland are

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

Jobs based in Batesland

396 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities1%

Services (health, schools, offices…)99%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month71%

Jobs Batesland residents hold

13 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)85%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month54%

Over $3,333 a month31%

+1700%

Jobs based in Batesland, 2013 → 2023: 22 → 396. 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.