Work & commute · Estelline

Work & commute in Estelline, SD

Most working residents leave Estelline for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Watertown (19%), Brookings (11%) and Sioux Falls (11%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

36 of 340 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 304 Estelline residents head out of town to work, 36 work right here, and 213 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Estelline.

304live here, work elsewhere

36live and work here

213work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Estelline goes to work

Watertown26.1 mi away

19%63

Brookings19.7 mi away

11%38

Estelline (in town)right here

11%36

Sioux Falls72.1 mi away

11%36

Castlewood12 mi away

4%14

Norden12.8 mi away

3%9

Bryant27.9 mi away

2%7

Lake Norden15.2 mi away

2%7

Mitchell81.4 mi away

2%7

Castlewood15.7 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%116

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

How far

How far Estelline commutes

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

12%

44%

17%

27%

12%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Estelline is a commuter town

0.73jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Estelline are

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

Jobs based in Estelline

249 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Estelline residents hold

340 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+9%

Jobs based in Estelline, 2013 → 2023: 229 → 249. 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.