Work & commute · Bonesteel

Work & commute in Bonesteel, SD

Most working residents leave Bonesteel for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Burke (25%), Sioux Falls (7%) and Gregory (5%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 114 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 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 107 Bonesteel residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 65 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bonesteel.

107live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

65work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bonesteel goes to work

Burke18.9 mi away

25%29

Sioux Falls115.9 mi away

7%8

Bonesteel (in town)right here

6%7

Gregory26.1 mi away

5%6

Pleasant Valley3.7 mi away

4%5

Brookings137.2 mi away

4%4

Aberdeen166.6 mi away

3%3

Lake Andes21.4 mi away

2%2

Vermillion104.3 mi away

2%2

Yankton79.6 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%46

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

How far

How far Bonesteel commutes

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

12%

42%

10%

36%

12%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

36%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bonesteel is a commuter town

0.63jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bonesteel are

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

Jobs based in Bonesteel

72 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Bonesteel residents hold

114 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less32%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month37%

+4%

Jobs based in Bonesteel, 2013 → 2023: 69 → 72. 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.