Work & commute · Boulder Canyon

Work & commute in Boulder Canyon, SD

Most working residents leave Boulder Canyon for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Deadwood (43%), Rapid City (11%) and Sturgis (6%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 268 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

50 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 266 Boulder Canyon residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 32 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Boulder Canyon.

266live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

32work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Boulder Canyon goes to work

Deadwood5.8 mi away

43%115

Rapid City29.6 mi away

11%30

Sturgis5.3 mi away

6%17

Lead8.6 mi away

6%16

Spearfish12.3 mi away

6%15

Sioux Falls346.7 mi away

4%10

Belle Fourche22.3 mi away

1%4

Keystone35.8 mi away

1%3

Watertown318.9 mi away

1%3

Whitewood4.8 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

20%53

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

How far

How far Boulder Canyon commutes

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

59%

13%

15%

14%

59%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Boulder Canyon is a commuter town

0.13jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Boulder Canyon are

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

Jobs based in Boulder Canyon

34 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month59%

Over $3,333 a month26%

Jobs Boulder Canyon residents hold

268 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+325%

Jobs based in Boulder Canyon, 2013 → 2023: 8 → 34. 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.