Work & commute · Deadwood

Work & commute in Deadwood, SD

40% of Deadwood’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Rapid City (14%), Lead (8%) and Sturgis (6%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

40%

201 of 500 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 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 299 Deadwood residents head out of town to work, 201 work right here, and 2,291 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Deadwood.

299live here, work elsewhere

201live and work here

2,291work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Deadwood goes to work

Deadwood (in town)right here

40%201

Rapid City33.1 mi away

14%72

Lead3.3 mi away

8%39

Sturgis11 mi away

6%32

Spearfish8.6 mi away

5%25

Sioux Falls352.3 mi away

3%17

Belle Fourche20.3 mi away

1%5

Boulder Canyon5.8 mi away

1%5

Madison328.5 mi away

1%3

Aberdeen267.5 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

20%98

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

How far

How far Deadwood commutes

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

58%

14%

17%

11%

58%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Deadwood is a job hub

4.98jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Deadwood are

2,492 jobs are based in Deadwood. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Deadwood’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Deadwood

2,492 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)93%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Deadwood residents hold

500 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month54%

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Jobs based in Deadwood, 2013 → 2023: 2,489 → 2,492. 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.