Work & commute · Dell Rapids

Work & commute in Dell Rapids, SD

Most working residents leave Dell Rapids for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Sioux Falls (51%), Sverdrup (2%) and Lyons (1%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

338 of 2,120 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 1,782 Dell Rapids residents head out of town to work, 338 work right here, and 646 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dell Rapids.

1,782live here, work elsewhere

338live and work here

646work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dell Rapids goes to work

Sioux Falls19.7 mi away

51%1,081

Dell Rapids (in town)right here

16%338

Sverdrup7.9 mi away

2%33

Lyons10.2 mi away

1%31

Flandreau16.2 mi away

1%28

Brookings33.3 mi away

1%28

Dell Rapids1.5 mi away

1%27

Brandon17.3 mi away

1%23

Sioux City, IA93.3 mi away

1%22

Madison23.3 mi away

1%21

Everywhere elseother towns and states

23%488

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

How far

How far Dell Rapids commutes

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

21%

62%

12%

21%Under 10 mi

62%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dell Rapids is a commuter town

0.46jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.46 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Dell Rapids are

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

Jobs based in Dell Rapids

984 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Dell Rapids residents hold

2,120 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+23%

Jobs based in Dell Rapids, 2013 → 2023: 797 → 984. 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.