Work & commute · Faith

Work & commute in Faith, SD

Most working residents leave Faith for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Rapid City (46%), Box Elder (9%) and Wall (3%). Half commute less than 86 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 151 working residents

Typical commute

86 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

12 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 142 Faith residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 276 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Faith.

142live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

276work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Faith goes to work

Rapid City87.9 mi away

46%69

Box Elder81.4 mi away

9%13

Faith (in town)right here

6%9

Wall72 mi away

3%4

Sturgis83.4 mi away

2%3

Spearfish94.7 mi away

2%3

Lemmon63.4 mi away

1%2

Deadwood93.7 mi away

1%2

Pierre95.5 mi away

1%2

Sioux Falls281.7 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%42

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

How far

How far Faith commutes

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

89%

6%Under 10 mi

2%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

89%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Faith is a job hub

1.89jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.9 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Faith are

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

Jobs based in Faith

285 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities39%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less45%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Faith residents hold

151 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+6%

Jobs based in Faith, 2013 → 2023: 268 → 285. 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.