Work & commute · Brandon

Work & commute in Brandon, SD

Most working residents leave Brandon for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Sioux Falls (60%), Sioux City (1%) and Rapid City (1%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

1,068 of 6,257 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,189 Brandon residents head out of town to work, 1,068 work right here, and 2,740 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Brandon.

5,189live here, work elsewhere

1,068live and work here

2,740work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Brandon goes to work

Sioux Falls8.2 mi away

60%3,777

Brandon (in town)right here

17%1,068

Sioux City, IA76.5 mi away

1%68

Rapid City332.2 mi away

1%60

Brookings50.1 mi away

1%59

Delapre16.1 mi away

1%57

Split Rock3 mi away

1%40

Luverne, MN19 mi away

1%37

Vermillion58.6 mi away

1%36

Yankton63.4 mi away

1%36

Everywhere elseother towns and states

16%1,019

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.

65%

22%

11%

65%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Brandon is a commuter town

0.61jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Brandon are

3,808 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

3,808 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Brandon residents hold

6,257 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+48%

Jobs based in Brandon, 2013 → 2023: 2,575 → 3,808. 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.