Work & commute · Blom

Work & commute in Blom, SD

Most working residents leave Blom for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Clear Lake (20%), Watertown (16%) and Sioux Falls (16%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 44 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 43 Blom residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 42 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Blom.

43live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

42work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Blom goes to work

Clear Lake11.7 mi away

20%9

Watertown31.4 mi away

16%7

Sioux Falls72.3 mi away

16%7

Milbank43.8 mi away

9%4

Brookings20 mi away

7%3

Pipestone, MN45.2 mi away

2%1

Hudson101.4 mi away

2%1

La Bolt31.9 mi away

2%1

Toronto3.2 mi away

2%1

Bryant37.6 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

20%9

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

How far

How far Blom commutes

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

11%

32%

36%

20%

11%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

36%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Blom is balanced between jobs and homes

0.98jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.98 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Blom are

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

Jobs based in Blom

43 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)58%

Trade, transport & utilities35%

Services (health, schools, offices…)7%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month7%

Over $3,333 a month77%

Jobs Blom residents hold

44 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities36%

Services (health, schools, offices…)39%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+65%

Jobs based in Blom, 2013 → 2023: 26 → 43. 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.