Work & commute · Fort

Work & commute in Fort, SD

Most working residents leave Fort for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Britton (25%), Aberdeen (13%) and Langford (6%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 16 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

49 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 15 Fort residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 15 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fort.

15live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

15work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fort goes to work

Britton15.1 mi away

25%4

Aberdeen46.2 mi away

13%2

Langford14 mi away

6%1

Doland57.6 mi away

6%1

McIntosh184.5 mi away

6%1

Milnor, ND42.3 mi away

6%1

Pleasant Valley13.4 mi away

6%1

Fort (in town)right here

6%1

Lowell14.2 mi away

6%1

Miller17.6 mi away

6%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

13%2

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

How far

How far Fort commutes

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

13%

56%

19%

13%

13%Under 10 mi

56%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fort is balanced between jobs and homes

1.00jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.00 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Fort are

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

Jobs based in Fort

16 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Fort residents hold

16 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities38%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month38%

+78%

Jobs based in Fort, 2013 → 2023: 9 → 16. 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.