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Work & commute · Clear Lake

Work & commute in Clear Lake, SD

Most working residents leave Clear Lake for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Britton (21%), Miller (11%) and Sisseton (7%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
0%
0 of 56 working residents
Typical commute
20 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
— min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
0%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 56 Clear Lake residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Clear Lake.

56live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
2work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Clear Lake goes to work

Buffalo LakeGwinnerLangfordBrittonSissetonHuronRapid CityRed Iron LakeVeblenMillerLakePrairiewood VillageClear LakeBrittonMillerSissetonGwinnerLangfordHuronRed Iron LakeRapid CityPrairiewood VillageBuffalo LakeClear Lake
1
Britton20 mi away
21%12
2
Miller22.6 mi away
11%6
3
Sisseton15.6 mi away
7%4
4
Gwinner, ND40.1 mi away
5%3
5
Langford23.2 mi away
5%3
6
Huron100.4 mi away
5%3
7
Red Iron Lake3.5 mi away
5%3
8
Rapid City307.4 mi away
4%2
9
Prairiewood Village52.4 mi away
4%2
10
Buffalo Lake, MN149 mi away
2%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
30%17

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

How far

How far Clear Lake commutes

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

9%Under 10 mi
55%10–24 mi
7%25–50 mi
29%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Clear Lake is a commuter town

0.04jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Clear Lake are

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

Jobs based in Clear Lake

2 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)0%
Trade, transport & utilities0%
Services (health, schools, offices…)100%
$1,250 a month or less0%
$1,251–$3,333 a month0%
Over $3,333 a month100%

Jobs Clear Lake residents hold

56 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)36%
Trade, transport & utilities16%
Services (health, schools, offices…)48%
$1,250 a month or less14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month23%
Over $3,333 a month63%
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.

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