Work & commute · Blucksberg Mountain

Work & commute in Blucksberg Mountain, SD

Most working residents leave Blucksberg Mountain for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Rapid City (53%), Sturgis (7%) and Spearfish (5%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 249 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 249 Blucksberg Mountain residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 22 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Blucksberg Mountain.

249live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

22work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Blucksberg Mountain goes to work

Rapid City23.1 mi away

53%131

Sturgis4.2 mi away

7%17

Spearfish20.1 mi away

5%13

Sioux Falls339 mi away

2%6

Blackhawk15.5 mi away

2%6

Deadwood13.3 mi away

2%5

Belle Fourche29 mi away

2%5

Box Elder25.2 mi away

2%5

Piedmont10.4 mi away

1%3

Martin118.6 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

22%56

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

How far

How far Blucksberg Mountain commutes

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

14%

69%

14%Under 10 mi

69%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Blucksberg Mountain is a commuter town

0.09jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Blucksberg Mountain are

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

Jobs based in Blucksberg Mountain

22 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)45%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Blucksberg Mountain residents hold

249 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−58%

Jobs based in Blucksberg Mountain, 2013 → 2023: 52 → 22. 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.