Work & commute · Buffalo Gap

Work & commute in Buffalo Gap, SD

Most working residents leave Buffalo Gap for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Rapid City (42%), Custer (22%) and Hot Springs (6%). Half commute less than 40 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 36 working residents

Typical commute

40 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 36 Buffalo Gap residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 19 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Buffalo Gap.

36live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

19work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Buffalo Gap goes to work

Rapid City40.3 mi away

42%15

Custer23.7 mi away

22%8

Hot Springs9.2 mi away

6%2

Hermosa24.9 mi away

3%1

Yankton301.2 mi away

3%1

Pierre161 mi away

3%1

Newcastle, WY50.5 mi away

3%1

North Spearfish76.2 mi away

3%1

Blackhawk45.6 mi away

3%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

14%5

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

How far

How far Buffalo Gap commutes

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

28%

58%

11%

3%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

58%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Buffalo Gap is a commuter town

0.53jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Buffalo Gap are

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

Jobs based in Buffalo Gap

19 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities84%

Services (health, schools, offices…)16%

$1,250 a month or less32%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Buffalo Gap residents hold

36 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+111%

Jobs based in Buffalo Gap, 2013 → 2023: 9 → 19. 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.