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Work & commute in De Smet, SD

About one in 3 of De Smet’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Sioux Falls (9%), Huron (7%) and De Smet (5%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
31%
143 of 461 working residents
Typical commute
27 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
12 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
7%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 318 De Smet residents head out of town to work, 143 work right here, and 511 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in De Smet.

318live here, work elsewhere
143live and work here
511work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where De Smet goes to work

IroquoisLake PrestonLake NordenDe SmetClarkArlingtonHuronMitchellBrookingsWatertownSioux FallsMathewsDe SmetSpirit LakeLe SueurSioux FallsHuronDe SmetBrookingsIroquoisMitchellWatertownLake NordenClarkDe Smet
1
De Smet (in town)right here
31%143
2
Sioux Falls71.2 mi away
9%42
3
Huron32.6 mi away
7%34
4
De Smet1.4 mi away
5%22
5
Brookings38.1 mi away
5%21
6
Iroquois14.9 mi away
4%19
7
Mitchell51.6 mi away
3%16
8
Watertown41 mi away
3%12
9
Lake Norden21.4 mi away
2%7
10
Clark35.4 mi away
2%7
Everywhere elseother towns and states
30%138

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

How far

How far De Smet commutes

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

38%Under 10 mi
10%10–24 mi
22%25–50 mi
29%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

De Smet is balanced between jobs and homes

1.42jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.42 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in De Smet are

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

Jobs based in De Smet

654 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)27%
Trade, transport & utilities24%
Services (health, schools, offices…)49%
$1,250 a month or less16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month28%
Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs De Smet residents hold

461 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)27%
Trade, transport & utilities23%
Services (health, schools, offices…)50%
$1,250 a month or less16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month27%
Over $3,333 a month57%
+17%

Jobs based in De Smet, 2013 → 2023: 557 → 654. 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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