Work & commute · Corsica

Work & commute in Corsica, SD

Most working residents leave Corsica for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Armour (12%), Mitchell (11%) and Parkston (7%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

40 of 231 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 191 Corsica residents head out of town to work, 40 work right here, and 308 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Corsica.

191live here, work elsewhere

40live and work here

308work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Corsica goes to work

Corsica (in town)right here

17%40

Armour7.8 mi away

12%28

Mitchell28 mi away

11%25

Parkston21.2 mi away

7%17

Platte22 mi away

6%14

Sioux Falls84.4 mi away

5%11

Wagner24.6 mi away

3%6

Huron65.7 mi away

2%5

Rapid City244.2 mi away

2%5

Chester7.2 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%76

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

How far

How far Corsica commutes

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

34%

25%

14%

27%

34%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Corsica is a job hub

1.51jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Corsica are

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

Jobs based in Corsica

348 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities39%

Services (health, schools, offices…)34%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Corsica residents hold

231 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−5%

Jobs based in Corsica, 2013 → 2023: 367 → 348. 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.