Work & commute · Blendon

Work & commute in Blendon, SD

Most working residents leave Blendon for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Mitchell (42%), Sioux Falls (14%) and Ethan (8%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 36 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 36 Blendon residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 4 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Blendon.

36live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

4work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Blendon goes to work

Mitchell12.4 mi away

42%15

Sioux Falls78.8 mi away

14%5

Ethan22.8 mi away

8%3

New Hope, MN255.3 mi away

3%1

White Lake22.9 mi away

3%1

Burke67.1 mi away

3%1

Corsica27.4 mi away

3%1

Parkston31.8 mi away

3%1

Elk Point111.4 mi away

3%1

Huron38.5 mi away

3%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

17%6

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

How far

How far Blendon commutes

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

44%

17%

31%

8%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Blendon is a commuter town

0.11jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Blendon are

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

Jobs based in Blendon

4 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)50%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month0%

Over $3,333 a month75%

Jobs Blendon residents hold

36 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month69%

−60%

Jobs based in Blendon, 2013 → 2023: 10 → 4. 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.