Work & commute · Dolton

Work & commute in Dolton, SD

Most working residents leave Dolton for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Sioux Falls (37%), Marion (9%) and Lennox (6%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 54 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 52 Dolton residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 31 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dolton.

52live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

31work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dolton goes to work

Sioux Falls31.4 mi away

37%20

Marion5.2 mi away

9%5

Lennox24.2 mi away

6%3

Hartford23.5 mi away

4%2

Dolton (in town)right here

4%2

Monroe6.4 mi away

4%2

Luverne, MN58.3 mi away

2%1

Grand Island, NE183.1 mi away

2%1

Chancellor19.2 mi away

2%1

Emery16.6 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%16

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

How far

How far Dolton commutes

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

17%

20%

54%

17%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

54%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dolton is a commuter town

0.61jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Dolton are

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

Jobs based in Dolton

33 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)97%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less3%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Dolton residents hold

54 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+175%

Jobs based in Dolton, 2013 → 2023: 12 → 33. 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.