Work & commute · Belford

Work & commute in Belford, SD

Most working residents leave Belford for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Mitchell (23%), White Lake (19%) and Plankinton (13%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 31 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 31 Belford residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 62 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Belford.

31live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

62work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Belford goes to work

Mitchell21.6 mi away

23%7

White Lake19.5 mi away

19%6

Plankinton13.4 mi away

13%4

Kimball29.6 mi away

6%2

Sioux Falls87 mi away

6%2

Geddes47.1 mi away

3%1

Wessington Springs15 mi away

3%1

Highmore66.9 mi away

3%1

Yankton86.3 mi away

3%1

Huron33.3 mi away

3%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

16%5

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

How far

How far Belford commutes

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

68%

16%

0%Under 10 mi

68%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Belford is a job hub

2.00jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Belford are

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

Jobs based in Belford

62 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)89%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Belford residents hold

31 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+786%

Jobs based in Belford, 2013 → 2023: 7 → 62. 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.