Work & commute · Colome

Work & commute in Colome, SD

Most working residents leave Colome for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Winner (31%), Sioux Falls (11%) and Black (4%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 101 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 96 Colome residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 87 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Colome.

96live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

87work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Colome goes to work

Winner10.7 mi away

31%31

Sioux Falls151.1 mi away

11%11

Colome (in town)right here

5%5

Black14.1 mi away

4%4

Lamro10.5 mi away

4%4

Pierre82.7 mi away

3%3

Condon20 mi away

3%3

New Witten22.2 mi away

2%2

Philip111.3 mi away

2%2

Gregory15.1 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%34

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

How far

How far Colome commutes

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

15%

43%

10%

32%

15%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Colome is balanced between jobs and homes

0.91jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.91 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Colome are

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

Jobs based in Colome

92 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less33%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Colome residents hold

101 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+16%

Jobs based in Colome, 2013 → 2023: 79 → 92. 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.