Work & commute · Black

Work & commute in Black, SD

Most working residents leave Black for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Winner (43%), Pierre (7%) and Dog Ear (5%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 42 working residents

Typical commute

11 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 41 Black residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 118 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Black.

41live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

118work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Black goes to work

Winner3.9 mi away

43%18

Pierre70.6 mi away

7%3

Dog Ear13.5 mi away

5%2

Omaha, NE246.6 mi away

2%1

Centerville150.6 mi away

2%1

Beresford160 mi away

2%1

Wagner85.3 mi away

2%1

Mitchell97.3 mi away

2%1

Watertown172.8 mi away

2%1

Sioux Falls160.6 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%12

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

How far

How far Black commutes

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

49%

12%

32%

49%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Black is a job hub

2.83jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Black are

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

Jobs based in Black

119 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities82%

Services (health, schools, offices…)12%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month78%

Jobs Black residents hold

42 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+10%

Jobs based in Black, 2013 → 2023: 108 → 119. 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.