Work & commute · Brule

Work & commute in Brule, SD

Most working residents leave Brule for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Chamberlain (21%), Kimball (15%) and Sioux Falls (8%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 53 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 53 Brule residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 12 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Brule.

53live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

12work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Brule goes to work

Chamberlain5.7 mi away

21%11

Kimball18.8 mi away

15%8

Sioux Falls130.6 mi away

8%4

Oacoma6.3 mi away

4%2

Mitchell64.4 mi away

4%2

Brookings132.8 mi away

4%2

Hulbert56.1 mi away

4%2

Waldro18.6 mi away

4%2

White Lake31 mi away

2%1

Presho38.5 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%18

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

How far

How far Brule commutes

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

26%

25%

13%

36%

26%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

36%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Brule is a commuter town

0.23jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Brule are

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

Jobs based in Brule

12 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)42%

Trade, transport & utilities58%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Brule residents hold

53 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities34%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+500%

Jobs based in Brule, 2013 → 2023: 2 → 12. 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.