Work & commute · Colman

Work & commute in Colman, SD

Most working residents leave Colman for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Sioux Falls (27%), Brookings (11%) and Madison (5%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

29 of 281 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 252 Colman residents head out of town to work, 29 work right here, and 314 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Colman.

252live here, work elsewhere

29live and work here

314work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Colman goes to work

Sioux Falls30.9 mi away

27%77

Brookings22.1 mi away

11%32

Colman (in town)right here

10%29

Madison14.7 mi away

5%15

Flandreau11.4 mi away

4%12

Colman1.1 mi away

2%7

Dell Rapids12 mi away

2%5

Watertown66.1 mi away

2%5

Pipestone, MN25.1 mi away

1%4

Lake View12.8 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%91

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.

19%

35%

34%

12%

19%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

34%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Colman is balanced between jobs and homes

1.22jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.22 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Colman are

343 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

343 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)71%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)22%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month71%

Jobs Colman residents hold

281 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month69%

−15%

Jobs based in Colman, 2013 → 2023: 404 → 343. 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.