Work & commute · Fair

Work & commute in Fair, SD

Most working residents leave Fair for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Sioux Falls (22%), Yankton (11%) and Mitchell (11%). Half commute less than 36 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 37 working residents

Typical commute

36 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 37 Fair residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fair.

37live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

3work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fair goes to work

Sioux Falls64.3 mi away

22%8

Yankton35.1 mi away

11%4

Mitchell36.1 mi away

11%4

Tripp2 mi away

5%2

Scotland11.5 mi away

5%2

Tyndall15.7 mi away

5%2

Olivet13.1 mi away

3%1

Dimock18.6 mi away

3%1

Martin191.5 mi away

3%1

Plankinton44.5 mi away

3%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%11

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

How far

How far Fair commutes

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

30%

27%

35%

8%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fair is a commuter town

0.08jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Fair are

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

Jobs based in Fair

3 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less33%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Fair residents hold

37 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month68%

−77%

Jobs based in Fair, 2013 → 2023: 13 → 3. 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.