Work & commute · Dakota Dunes

Work & commute in Dakota Dunes, SD

Most working residents leave Dakota Dunes for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are North Sioux City (17%), Sioux City (16%) and Big Sioux (13%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

233 of 1,498 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

12 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,265 Dakota Dunes residents head out of town to work, 233 work right here, and 1,669 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dakota Dunes.

1,265live here, work elsewhere

233live and work here

1,669work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dakota Dunes goes to work

North Sioux City3.2 mi away

17%258

Sioux City, IA4.8 mi away

16%247

Dakota Dunes (in town)right here

16%233

Big Sioux2.6 mi away

13%188

Sioux Falls73.6 mi away

9%139

South Sioux City, NE4.1 mi away

3%44

Le Mars, IA25.6 mi away

2%33

Vermillion30.2 mi away

2%23

Sergeant Bluff, IA9.3 mi away

1%20

Yankton53.8 mi away

1%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

20%293

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

How far

How far Dakota Dunes commutes

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

68%

25%

68%Under 10 mi

2%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dakota Dunes is balanced between jobs and homes

1.27jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.27 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Dakota Dunes are

1,902 jobs are based in Dakota Dunes. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Dakota Dunes’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Dakota Dunes

1,902 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)88%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Dakota Dunes residents hold

1,498 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+42%

Jobs based in Dakota Dunes, 2013 → 2023: 1,339 → 1,902. 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.