Work & commute · Choteau Creek

Work & commute in Choteau Creek, SD

Most working residents leave Choteau Creek for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Wagner (38%), Yankton (5%) and Sioux Falls (5%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 91 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 90 Choteau Creek residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 11 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Choteau Creek.

90live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

11work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Choteau Creek goes to work

Wagner8.2 mi away

38%35

Yankton42.9 mi away

5%5

Sioux Falls76.8 mi away

5%5

Bryan6 mi away

5%5

Pickstown19.4 mi away

3%3

Tyndall18.7 mi away

3%3

Mitchell40.4 mi away

3%3

Ravinia13.3 mi away

2%2

Lake Andes18.9 mi away

2%2

Platte37.9 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%26

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

How far

How far Choteau Creek commutes

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

40%

22%

13%

24%

40%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Choteau Creek is a commuter town

0.13jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Choteau Creek are

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

Jobs based in Choteau Creek

12 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)58%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less67%

$1,251–$3,333 a month8%

Over $3,333 a month25%

Jobs Choteau Creek residents hold

91 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−67%

Jobs based in Choteau Creek, 2013 → 2023: 36 → 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.