Work & commute · Big Sioux

Work & commute in Big Sioux, SD

About one in 4 of Big Sioux’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are North Sioux City (17%), Sioux City (16%) and Dakota Dunes (16%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

28%

501 of 1,765 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

12 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,264 Big Sioux residents head out of town to work, 501 work right here, and 2,761 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Big Sioux.

1,264live here, work elsewhere

501live and work here

2,761work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Big Sioux goes to work

North Sioux City1.2 mi away

17%305

Sioux City, IA6.4 mi away

16%287

Dakota Dunes2.6 mi away

16%282

Big Sioux (in town)right here

12%219

Sioux Falls71.2 mi away

9%164

South Sioux City, NE6.5 mi away

3%59

Le Mars, IA24.7 mi away

2%34

Vermillion27.7 mi away

2%29

Rapid City353.8 mi away

1%24

Yankton51.5 mi away

1%23

Everywhere elseother towns and states

19%339

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

How far

How far Big Sioux commutes

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

69%

24%

69%Under 10 mi

2%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Big Sioux is a job hub

1.85jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Big Sioux are

3,262 jobs are based in Big Sioux. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Big Sioux’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Big Sioux

3,262 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)89%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Big Sioux residents hold

1,765 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+15%

Jobs based in Big Sioux, 2013 → 2023: 2,848 → 3,262. 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.