Work & commute · Eagle Butte

Work & commute in Eagle Butte, SD

About one in 5 of Eagle Butte’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are North Eagle Butte (40%), Timber Lake (8%) and Faith (2%). Half commute less than 1 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20%

57 of 287 working residents

Typical commute

1 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

10 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 230 Eagle Butte residents head out of town to work, 57 work right here, and 382 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Eagle Butte.

230live here, work elsewhere

57live and work here

382work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Eagle Butte goes to work

North Eagle Butte1.8 mi away

40%116

Eagle Butte (in town)right here

20%57

Timber Lake31 mi away

8%22

Faith39.4 mi away

2%6

Rapid City116.8 mi away

2%6

Sioux Falls244.2 mi away

1%4

Pierre62 mi away

1%3

Cherry Creek30 mi away

1%3

Green Valley113.7 mi away

1%3

Gordon, NE158.8 mi away

0%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

23%66

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

How far

How far Eagle Butte commutes

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

60%

14%

18%

60%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Eagle Butte is a job hub

1.53jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Eagle Butte are

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

Jobs based in Eagle Butte

439 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Eagle Butte residents hold

287 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−39%

Jobs based in Eagle Butte, 2013 → 2023: 724 → 439. 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.