Work & commute · Flandreau

Work & commute in Flandreau, SD

Most working residents leave Flandreau for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Flandreau (43%), Sioux Falls (15%) and Brookings (7%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 159 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

10 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 150 Flandreau residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 194 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Flandreau.

150live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

194work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Flandreau goes to work

Flandreau1.9 mi away

43%69

Sioux Falls37.3 mi away

15%24

Brookings19 mi away

7%11

Flandreau (in town)right here

6%9

Pipestone, MN14.5 mi away

2%3

Colman12.9 mi away

2%3

Grovena6.3 mi away

2%3

Dell Rapids18.1 mi away

1%2

Mitchell76.3 mi away

1%2

Aberdeen133.5 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

19%31

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

How far

How far Flandreau commutes

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

52%

14%

18%

16%

52%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Flandreau is balanced between jobs and homes

1.28jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.28 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Flandreau are

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

Jobs based in Flandreau

203 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)65%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)33%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Flandreau residents hold

159 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+103%

Jobs based in Flandreau, 2013 → 2023: 100 → 203. 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.