Work & commute · Elk Point

Work & commute in Elk Point, SD

Most working residents leave Elk Point for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Elk Point (23%), Sioux Falls (14%) and North Sioux City (11%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 92 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 91 Elk Point residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 88 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Elk Point.

91live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

88work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Elk Point goes to work

Elk Point1.4 mi away

23%21

Sioux Falls58.2 mi away

14%13

North Sioux City15.1 mi away

11%10

Sioux City, IA20.9 mi away

9%8

Vermillion13.1 mi away

7%6

Dakota Dunes17.9 mi away

4%4

South Sioux City, NE21.7 mi away

3%3

Akron, IA11.2 mi away

2%2

Brookings110.9 mi away

2%2

Big Sioux15.3 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

23%21

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

How far

How far Elk Point commutes

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

29%

35%

32%

29%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Elk Point is balanced between jobs and homes

0.97jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.97 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Elk Point are

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

Jobs based in Elk Point

89 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)75%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Elk Point residents hold

92 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+14%

Jobs based in Elk Point, 2013 → 2023: 78 → 89. 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.