Work & commute · Edgemont

Work & commute in Edgemont, SD

Most working residents leave Edgemont for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Hot Springs (29%), Rapid City (10%) and Sioux Falls (3%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

23 of 239 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 216 Edgemont residents head out of town to work, 23 work right here, and 127 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Edgemont.

216live here, work elsewhere

23live and work here

127work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Edgemont goes to work

Hot Springs20.1 mi away

29%69

Edgemont (in town)right here

10%23

Rapid City61.6 mi away

10%23

Sioux Falls356.6 mi away

3%6

Oelrichs31.2 mi away

2%5

Pierre190.2 mi away

2%5

Spearfish82.5 mi away

2%4

Chadron, NE53.1 mi away

1%3

Sturgis78.7 mi away

1%3

Crawford, NE47.3 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%96

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

How far

How far Edgemont commutes

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

11%

40%

11%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

40%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Edgemont is a commuter town

0.63jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Edgemont are

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

Jobs based in Edgemont

150 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Edgemont residents hold

239 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−9%

Jobs based in Edgemont, 2013 → 2023: 164 → 150. 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.