Work & commute · Elkton

Work & commute in Elkton, SD

Most working residents leave Elkton for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Brookings (55%), Sioux Falls (6%) and White (4%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 51 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 51 Elkton residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 13 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Elkton.

51live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

13work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Elkton goes to work

Brookings14.8 mi away

55%28

Sioux Falls49.7 mi away

6%3

White15.3 mi away

4%2

Elkton1.1 mi away

4%2

Vermillion103.1 mi away

4%2

Ivanhoe, MN19.7 mi away

2%1

Hendricks, MN18.8 mi away

2%1

Tyler, MN18.2 mi away

2%1

Granite Falls, MN61.3 mi away

2%1

De Smet52.8 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

18%9

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

How far

How far Elkton commutes

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

71%

22%

6%Under 10 mi

71%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Elkton is a commuter town

0.25jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Elkton are

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

Jobs based in Elkton

13 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities77%

Services (health, schools, offices…)23%

$1,250 a month or less46%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month15%

Jobs Elkton residents hold

51 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month10%

Over $3,333 a month67%

−86%

Jobs based in Elkton, 2013 → 2023: 91 → 13. 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.