Work & commute · Gregory

Work & commute in Gregory, SD

About one in 3 of Gregory’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Sioux Falls (12%), Burke (7%) and Winner (4%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

29%

161 of 558 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 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 397 Gregory residents head out of town to work, 161 work right here, and 298 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gregory.

397live here, work elsewhere

161live and work here

298work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gregory goes to work

Gregory (in town)right here

29%161

Sioux Falls136.7 mi away

12%67

Burke7.2 mi away

7%41

Winner24.1 mi away

4%25

Pierre90.9 mi away

3%15

Mitchell77.3 mi away

3%14

Platte31 mi away

2%11

Wagner57.9 mi away

2%9

Rapid City198.5 mi away

2%9

Colome15.1 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%199

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

How far

How far Gregory commutes

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

47%

39%

47%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

39%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gregory is balanced between jobs and homes

0.82jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.82 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Gregory are

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

Jobs based in Gregory

459 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities41%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Gregory residents hold

558 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month46%

−9%

Jobs based in Gregory, 2013 → 2023: 502 → 459. 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.