Work & commute · Cooper

Work & commute in Cooper, SD

Most working residents leave Cooper for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Mitchell (29%), Stickney (7%) and Plankinton (7%). Half commute less than 54 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 14 working residents

Typical commute

54 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 14 Cooper residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 12 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cooper.

14live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

12work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cooper goes to work

Mitchell28.9 mi away

29%4

Stickney18.1 mi away

7%1

Plankinton9.5 mi away

7%1

Miller51.8 mi away

7%1

Howard55.3 mi away

7%1

Brookings96.2 mi away

7%1

Aberdeen113.7 mi away

7%1

Sioux Falls95.6 mi away

7%1

Rapid City230.1 mi away

7%1

Luverne, MN118.7 mi away

7%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

7%1

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

How far

How far Cooper commutes

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

14%

29%

57%

0%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

29%25–50 mi

57%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cooper is balanced between jobs and homes

0.86jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.86 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Cooper are

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

Jobs based in Cooper

12 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)100%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Cooper residents hold

14 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities36%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month50%

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.