Work & commute · Colman

Work & commute in Colman, SD

Most working residents leave Colman for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Brookings (22%), Sioux Falls (20%) and Flandreau (8%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 89 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 88 Colman residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 82 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Colman.

88live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

82work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Colman goes to work

Brookings22.8 mi away

22%20

Sioux Falls30.4 mi away

20%18

Flandreau12.5 mi away

8%7

Colman1.1 mi away

4%4

Madison13.9 mi away

4%4

Dell Rapids11.9 mi away

3%3

Baltic15.6 mi away

2%2

Mitchell62.6 mi away

2%2

Grovena12.3 mi away

2%2

Lone Rock17.1 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%25

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

How far

How far Colman commutes

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

14%

41%

34%

11%

14%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

34%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Colman is balanced between jobs and homes

0.93jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.93 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Colman are

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

Jobs based in Colman

83 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities86%

Services (health, schools, offices…)1%

$1,250 a month or less1%

$1,251–$3,333 a month7%

Over $3,333 a month92%

Jobs Colman residents hold

89 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)37%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+730%

Jobs based in Colman, 2013 → 2023: 10 → 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.