Work & commute · Bruce

Work & commute in Bruce, SD

Most working residents leave Bruce for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Brookings (45%), Sioux Falls (11%) and Volga (8%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 100 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 97 Bruce residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 38 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bruce.

97live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

38work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bruce goes to work

Brookings10.6 mi away

45%45

Sioux Falls62.5 mi away

11%11

Volga8.2 mi away

8%8

Arlington13.1 mi away

4%4

Bruce (in town)right here

3%3

Watertown35.1 mi away

3%3

Madison31.7 mi away

2%2

Eureka5.3 mi away

2%2

Springfield, MO534.5 mi away

1%1

Bushnell14.4 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

20%20

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

How far

How far Bruce commutes

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

22%

52%

20%

22%Under 10 mi

52%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bruce is a commuter town

0.41jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bruce are

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

Jobs based in Bruce

41 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Bruce residents hold

100 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month69%

−5%

Jobs based in Bruce, 2013 → 2023: 43 → 41. 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.