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Work & commute · Elk Point

Work & commute in Elk Point, SD

About one in 5 of Elk Point’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Sioux Falls (13%), North Sioux City (8%) and Vermillion (7%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
22%
198 of 886 working residents
Typical commute
16 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
21 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
8%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 688 Elk Point residents head out of town to work, 198 work right here, and 511 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Elk Point.

688live here, work elsewhere
198live and work here
511work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Elk Point goes to work

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1
Elk Point (in town)right here
22%198
2
Sioux Falls59.4 mi away
13%113
3
North Sioux City13.8 mi away
8%72
4
Vermillion14.2 mi away
7%65
5
Sioux City, IA19.6 mi away
6%57
6
Dakota Dunes16.6 mi away
5%46
7
Big Sioux13.9 mi away
4%33
8
Yankton38.9 mi away
3%28
9
Elk Point1.4 mi away
3%26
10
Akron, IA11.8 mi away
2%21
Everywhere elseother towns and states
26%227

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.

27%Under 10 mi
38%10–24 mi
10%25–50 mi
25%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Elk Point is balanced between jobs and homes

0.80jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.80 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Elk Point are

709 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

709 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)28%
Trade, transport & utilities18%
Services (health, schools, offices…)54%
$1,250 a month or less16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month23%
Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Elk Point residents hold

886 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)20%
Trade, transport & utilities23%
Services (health, schools, offices…)56%
$1,250 a month or less13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month23%
Over $3,333 a month64%
−8%

Jobs based in Elk Point, 2013 → 2023: 769 → 709. 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.

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