Work & commute · Blackhawk

Work & commute in Blackhawk, SD

Most working residents leave Blackhawk for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Rapid City (64%), Sturgis (3%) and Summerset (3%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

51 of 1,398 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 1,347 Blackhawk residents head out of town to work, 51 work right here, and 368 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Blackhawk.

1,347live here, work elsewhere

51live and work here

368work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Blackhawk goes to work

Rapid City8 mi away

64%889

Blackhawk (in town)right here

4%51

Sturgis19.7 mi away

3%37

Summerset2.9 mi away

3%36

Pierre149.9 mi away

2%25

Sioux Falls331.6 mi away

2%25

Box Elder12.8 mi away

2%21

Deadwood25.1 mi away

1%17

Spearfish33.5 mi away

1%13

Piedmont5.2 mi away

1%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

20%274

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

How far

How far Blackhawk commutes

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

74%

11%

12%

74%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Blackhawk is a commuter town

0.30jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Blackhawk are

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

Jobs based in Blackhawk

419 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)50%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)30%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Blackhawk residents hold

1,398 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+27%

Jobs based in Blackhawk, 2013 → 2023: 331 → 419. 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.