Work & commute · Gettysburg

Work & commute in Gettysburg, SD

About one in 3 of Gettysburg’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Hoven (8%), Pierre (6%) and Rapid City (4%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

30%

109 of 360 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

13 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 251 Gettysburg residents head out of town to work, 109 work right here, and 299 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gettysburg.

251live here, work elsewhere

109live and work here

299work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gettysburg goes to work

Gettysburg (in town)right here

30%109

Hoven18.4 mi away

8%27

Pierre47.1 mi away

6%22

Rapid City173.2 mi away

4%16

Tolstoy21.7 mi away

4%15

Sioux Falls188.8 mi away

4%14

Timber Lake61.8 mi away

3%10

Onida21.5 mi away

3%10

Selby34.7 mi away

2%7

Bowdle34 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%126

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

How far

How far Gettysburg commutes

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

37%

20%

14%

28%

37%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gettysburg is balanced between jobs and homes

1.13jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.13 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Gettysburg are

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

Jobs based in Gettysburg

408 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Gettysburg residents hold

360 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−14%

Jobs based in Gettysburg, 2013 → 2023: 475 → 408. 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.