Work & commute · Fort Pierre

Work & commute in Fort Pierre, SD

Most working residents leave Fort Pierre for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Pierre (51%), Sioux Falls (5%) and Mitchell (2%). Half commute less than 2 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

156 of 922 working residents

Typical commute

2 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 766 Fort Pierre residents head out of town to work, 156 work right here, and 782 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fort Pierre.

766live here, work elsewhere

156live and work here

782work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fort Pierre goes to work

Pierre3.1 mi away

51%473

Fort Pierre (in town)right here

17%156

Sioux Falls190.3 mi away

5%42

Mitchell124.3 mi away

2%16

Watertown163 mi away

2%14

Philip67.4 mi away

1%10

Brookings177.7 mi away

1%9

Rapid City141.9 mi away

1%8

Chamberlain65.3 mi away

1%7

Yankton181 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

20%180

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

How far

How far Fort Pierre commutes

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

72%

23%

72%Under 10 mi

2%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fort Pierre is balanced between jobs and homes

1.02jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.02 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Fort Pierre are

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

Jobs based in Fort Pierre

938 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Fort Pierre residents hold

922 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−6%

Jobs based in Fort Pierre, 2013 → 2023: 993 → 938. 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.