Work & commute · Dimock

Work & commute in Dimock, SD

Most working residents leave Dimock for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Parkston (32%), Mitchell (21%) and Sioux Falls (9%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 53 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 51 Dimock residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 37 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dimock.

51live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

37work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dimock goes to work

Parkston5.8 mi away

32%17

Mitchell17.5 mi away

21%11

Sioux Falls63 mi away

9%5

Dimock (in town)right here

4%2

Billings, MT543 mi away

2%1

Omaha, NE182.1 mi away

2%1

Selby172.6 mi away

2%1

Scotland26.4 mi away

2%1

Armour21 mi away

2%1

Platte43.4 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

23%12

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

How far

How far Dimock commutes

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

38%

28%

25%

38%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dimock is a commuter town

0.74jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Dimock are

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

Jobs based in Dimock

39 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)69%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)31%

$1,250 a month or less36%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Dimock residents hold

53 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+77%

Jobs based in Dimock, 2013 → 2023: 22 → 39. 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.