Work & commute · Harrisburg

Work & commute in Harrisburg, SD

Most working residents leave Harrisburg for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Sioux Falls (67%), Tea (2%) and Delapre (2%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

430 of 4,235 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,805 Harrisburg residents head out of town to work, 430 work right here, and 1,885 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Harrisburg.

3,805live here, work elsewhere

430live and work here

1,885work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Harrisburg goes to work

Sioux Falls7.4 mi away

67%2,847

Harrisburg (in town)right here

10%430

Tea5.8 mi away

2%75

Delapre7.3 mi away

2%74

Springdale3.5 mi away

1%54

Canton11.1 mi away

1%52

Brandon12.7 mi away

1%49

Sioux City, IA66.9 mi away

1%40

Rapid City327.6 mi away

1%36

Brookings60.2 mi away

1%30

Everywhere elseother towns and states

13%548

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

How far

How far Harrisburg commutes

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

74%

15%

74%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Harrisburg is a commuter town

0.55jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Harrisburg are

2,315 jobs are based in Harrisburg. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Harrisburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Harrisburg

2,315 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Harrisburg residents hold

4,235 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+106%

Jobs based in Harrisburg, 2013 → 2023: 1,123 → 2,315. 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.