Work & commute · Freeman

Work & commute in Freeman, SD

About one in 4 of Freeman’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Sioux Falls (15%), Menno (13%) and Valley (4%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

25%

136 of 542 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 406 Freeman residents head out of town to work, 136 work right here, and 557 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Freeman.

406live here, work elsewhere

136live and work here

557work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Freeman goes to work

Freeman (in town)right here

25%136

Sioux Falls37.5 mi away

15%81

Menno10.5 mi away

13%70

Valley3.7 mi away

4%23

Yankton31.7 mi away

3%17

Mitchell40.3 mi away

2%10

Marion10 mi away

2%9

Rapid City293.3 mi away

2%9

Parker15.3 mi away

1%7

Germantown22.6 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%173

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

How far

How far Freeman commutes

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

35%

22%

30%

13%

35%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

30%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Freeman 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 Freeman are

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

Jobs based in Freeman

693 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Freeman residents hold

542 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−3%

Jobs based in Freeman, 2013 → 2023: 718 → 693. 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.