Work & commute · German

Work & commute in German, SD

Most working residents leave German for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Parkston (17%), Mitchell (17%) and Tripp (7%). Half commute less than 31 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 29 working residents

Typical commute

31 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 29 German residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 19 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in German.

29live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

19work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where German goes to work

Parkston7.1 mi away

17%5

Mitchell30.2 mi away

17%5

Tripp5.3 mi away

7%2

Parker40.8 mi away

7%2

Dickinson, ND343.3 mi away

3%1

Dimock12.7 mi away

3%1

Fairfax51.6 mi away

3%1

Lake Andes31.9 mi away

3%1

Scotland15 mi away

3%1

Freeman25.5 mi away

3%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%9

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

How far

How far German commutes

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

31%

10%

38%

21%

31%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

38%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

German is a commuter town

0.66jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.66 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in German are

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

Jobs based in German

19 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)58%

Trade, transport & utilities42%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs German residents hold

29 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month69%

−39%

Jobs based in German, 2013 → 2023: 31 → 19. 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.