Work & commute · Blunt

Work & commute in Blunt, SD

Most working residents leave Blunt for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Pierre (50%), Sioux Falls (10%) and Brookings (2%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 175 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 175 Blunt residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 32 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Blunt.

175live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

32work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Blunt goes to work

Pierre19 mi away

50%87

Sioux Falls175.2 mi away

10%17

Brookings158.7 mi away

2%4

Harrold12.2 mi away

2%3

Onida13.6 mi away

2%3

Aberdeen99.1 mi away

2%3

Rapid City162.6 mi away

2%3

Fort Pierre22 mi away

1%2

Chamberlain59.4 mi away

1%2

Mitchell110.9 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%49

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

How far

How far Blunt commutes

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

67%

28%

1%Under 10 mi

67%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Blunt is a commuter town

0.18jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Blunt are

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

Jobs based in Blunt

32 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less31%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Blunt residents hold

175 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−77%

Jobs based in Blunt, 2013 → 2023: 141 → 32. 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.