Work & commute · Blinsmon

Work & commute in Blinsmon, SD

Most working residents leave Blinsmon for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Sioux Falls (28%), Flandreau (9%) and Colman (5%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 96 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

56%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 96 Blinsmon residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 53 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Blinsmon.

96live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

53work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Blinsmon goes to work

Sioux Falls25.3 mi away

28%27

Flandreau10.7 mi away

9%9

Colman13 mi away

5%5

Brookings30.1 mi away

5%5

Colman13.5 mi away

5%5

Madison27.1 mi away

4%4

Pipestone, MN15.5 mi away

3%3

Watertown75.7 mi away

3%3

Rapid City329.8 mi away

3%3

Arlington42.4 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%30

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

How far

How far Blinsmon commutes

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

52%

27%

18%

3%Under 10 mi

52%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Blinsmon is a commuter town

0.55jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Blinsmon are

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

Jobs based in Blinsmon

53 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)92%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)6%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month9%

Over $3,333 a month79%

Jobs Blinsmon residents hold

96 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+563%

Jobs based in Blinsmon, 2013 → 2023: 8 → 53. 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.