Work & commute · Brandon

Work & commute in Brandon, SD

Most working residents leave Brandon for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Sioux Falls (67%), Brandon (6%) and Sioux City (3%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 454 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 452 Brandon residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 280 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Brandon.

452live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

280work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Brandon goes to work

Sioux Falls9.6 mi away

67%303

Brandon3.4 mi away

6%27

Sioux City, IA79.8 mi away

3%12

Split Rock6.3 mi away

2%7

Delapre17.6 mi away

1%6

Tea17 mi away

1%5

Rapid City331 mi away

1%5

Crooks10.4 mi away

1%4

Vermillion61.6 mi away

1%4

Benton12.1 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

17%77

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

How far

How far Brandon commutes

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

54%

33%

12%

54%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Brandon is a commuter town

0.62jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Brandon are

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

Jobs based in Brandon

282 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities77%

Services (health, schools, offices…)15%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month79%

Jobs Brandon residents hold

454 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+16%

Jobs based in Brandon, 2013 → 2023: 244 → 282. 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.