Work & commute · Elrod

Work & commute in Elrod, SD

Most working residents leave Elrod for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Clark (17%), Watertown (17%) and Sioux Falls (11%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 36 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 36 Elrod residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 8 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Elrod.

36live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

8work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Elrod goes to work

Clark9.5 mi away

17%6

Watertown19.2 mi away

17%6

Sioux Falls99.8 mi away

11%4

Willow Lake16.9 mi away

8%3

Clinton, IA421.8 mi away

3%1

Mason City, IA246.2 mi away

3%1

Fargo, ND142.5 mi away

3%1

Garden City6.9 mi away

3%1

Doland27.3 mi away

3%1

Florence17 mi away

3%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%11

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

How far

How far Elrod commutes

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

50%

11%

31%

8%Under 10 mi

50%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Elrod is a commuter town

0.22jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Elrod are

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

Jobs based in Elrod

8 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)75%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)25%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Elrod residents hold

36 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+300%

Jobs based in Elrod, 2013 → 2023: 2 → 8. 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.