Work & commute · Ethan

Work & commute in Ethan, SD

Most working residents leave Ethan for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Mitchell (44%), Sioux Falls (11%) and Beulah (3%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 188 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 184 Ethan residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 128 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ethan.

184live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

128work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ethan goes to work

Mitchell12.9 mi away

44%83

Sioux Falls62.7 mi away

11%21

Beulah13.7 mi away

3%5

Ethan (in town)right here

2%4

Parkston10.6 mi away

2%4

Huron57.5 mi away

2%4

Brookings79.2 mi away

2%4

Pierre129.5 mi away

2%4

Rapid City263.5 mi away

2%4

Yankton54.2 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%52

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

How far

How far Ethan commutes

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

53%

37%

6%Under 10 mi

53%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

37%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ethan is a commuter town

0.70jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ethan are

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

Jobs based in Ethan

132 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities36%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Ethan residents hold

188 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+27%

Jobs based in Ethan, 2013 → 2023: 104 → 132. 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.