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Work & commute · Cow Creek

Work & commute in Cow Creek, SD

Most working residents leave Cow Creek for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Onida (19%), Pierre (14%) and Aberdeen (10%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
0%
0 of 21 working residents
Typical commute
23 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
— min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
79%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 21 Cow Creek residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 20 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cow Creek.

21live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
20work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Cow Creek goes to work

WilsonMartinIroquoisPhilipAlexandriaOnidaFort PierreYanktonHuronMitchellPierreWatertownAberdeenSioux FallsHarmonyBathOahe AcresCow CreekOnidaPierreAberdeenSioux FallsMartinIroquoisYanktonHuronMitchellWatertownCow Creek
1
Onida22.4 mi away
19%4
2
Pierre14.1 mi away
14%3
3
Aberdeen116.4 mi away
10%2
4
Sioux Falls198.2 mi away
10%2
5
Martin114 mi away
5%1
6
Iroquois129.7 mi away
5%1
7
Yankton191.6 mi away
5%1
8
Huron112.1 mi away
5%1
9
Mitchell133 mi away
5%1
10
Watertown164.5 mi away
5%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
19%4

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

How far

How far Cow Creek commutes

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

5%Under 10 mi
48%10–24 mi
0%25–50 mi
48%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Cow Creek is balanced between jobs and homes

0.95jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.95 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Cow Creek are

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

Jobs based in Cow Creek

20 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)20%
Trade, transport & utilities0%
Services (health, schools, offices…)80%
$1,250 a month or less5%
$1,251–$3,333 a month55%
Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Cow Creek residents hold

21 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)24%
Trade, transport & utilities19%
Services (health, schools, offices…)57%
$1,250 a month or less10%
$1,251–$3,333 a month19%
Over $3,333 a month71%
+43%

Jobs based in Cow Creek, 2013 → 2023: 14 → 20. 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.

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