Work & commute · Bryan

Work & commute in Bryan, SD

Most working residents leave Bryan for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Wagner (38%), Dante (11%) and Sioux Falls (6%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 115 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

12 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 113 Bryan residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 81 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bryan.

113live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

81work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bryan goes to work

Wagner4 mi away

38%44

Dante8 mi away

11%13

Sioux Falls82.7 mi away

6%7

Pickstown13.4 mi away

3%4

Lake Andes13.1 mi away

3%3

Parkston23.2 mi away

3%3

Tyndall23.2 mi away

3%3

Rapid City255.4 mi away

3%3

Ravinia7.4 mi away

2%2

Avon14.2 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%31

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

How far

How far Bryan commutes

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

55%

14%

26%

55%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bryan is a commuter town

0.72jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bryan are

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

Jobs based in Bryan

83 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Bryan residents hold

115 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+1%

Jobs based in Bryan, 2013 → 2023: 82 → 83. 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.