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Work & commute · Foster

Work & commute in Foster, SD

Most working residents leave Foster for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Lemmon (50%), Bison (17%) and Rapid City (17%). Half commute less than 43 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
0%
0 of 6 working residents
Typical commute
43 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
— min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
71%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6 Foster residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 12 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Foster.

6live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
12work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Foster goes to work

LincolnWatford CityBisonLemmonMitchellWatertownRapid CityChanceEnglewoodFosterLincolnBisonCapitolaDuellLemmonBisonRapid CityBisonFoster
1
Lemmon42.3 mi away
50%3
2
Bison22.5 mi away
17%1
3
Rapid City102.8 mi away
17%1
4
Bison25.1 mi away
17%1

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

How far

How far Foster commutes

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

0%Under 10 mi
33%10–24 mi
50%25–50 mi
17%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Foster is a job hub

2.00jobs per working resident
A job hub

2.0 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Foster are

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

Jobs based in Foster

12 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)0%
Trade, transport & utilities100%
Services (health, schools, offices…)0%
$1,250 a month or less42%
$1,251–$3,333 a month50%
Over $3,333 a month8%

Jobs Foster residents hold

6 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)0%
Trade, transport & utilities17%
Services (health, schools, offices…)83%
$1,250 a month or less17%
$1,251–$3,333 a month33%
Over $3,333 a month50%
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.

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