Work & commute · Faulkton

Work & commute in Faulkton, SD

About one in 4 of Faulkton’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Aberdeen (8%), Redfield (5%) and Sioux Falls (5%). Half commute less than 33 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

28%

70 of 253 working residents

Typical commute

33 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 183 Faulkton residents head out of town to work, 70 work right here, and 246 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Faulkton.

183live here, work elsewhere

70live and work here

246work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Faulkton goes to work

Faulkton (in town)right here

28%70

Aberdeen43.7 mi away

8%19

Redfield31.7 mi away

5%12

Sioux Falls157.1 mi away

5%12

Tamworth2.1 mi away

3%7

Watertown96.7 mi away

2%6

Chelsea20.8 mi away

2%5

Chamberlain85.9 mi away

2%5

Lafoon5.7 mi away

2%5

Onaka19.7 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%108

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

How far

How far Faulkton commutes

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

36%

23%

33%

36%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Faulkton is balanced between jobs and homes

1.25jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.25 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Faulkton are

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

Jobs based in Faulkton

316 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Faulkton residents hold

253 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−19%

Jobs based in Faulkton, 2013 → 2023: 389 → 316. 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.