Work & commute · Flandreau

Work & commute in Flandreau, SD

41% of Flandreau’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Sioux Falls (14%), Flandreau (9%) and Brookings (7%). Half commute less than 4 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

41%

409 of 1,005 working residents

Typical commute

4 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 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 596 Flandreau residents head out of town to work, 409 work right here, and 643 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Flandreau.

596live here, work elsewhere

409live and work here

643work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Flandreau goes to work

Flandreau (in town)right here

41%409

Sioux Falls35.5 mi away

14%143

Flandreau1.9 mi away

9%91

Brookings20.1 mi away

7%72

Pipestone, MN14.8 mi away

2%18

Colman11.4 mi away

2%17

Madison25.3 mi away

1%15

Grovena4.7 mi away

1%15

Dell Rapids16.2 mi away

1%12

Egan3.9 mi away

1%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

20%203

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.

54%

14%

20%

12%

54%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Flandreau is balanced between jobs and homes

1.05jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.05 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Flandreau are

1,052 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

1,052 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Flandreau residents hold

1,005 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−12%

Jobs based in Flandreau, 2013 → 2023: 1,202 → 1,052. 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.