Work & commute · Hecla

Work & commute in Hecla, SD

Most working residents leave Hecla for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Aberdeen (56%), Bath (13%) and Langford (6%). Half commute less than 32 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 16 working residents

Typical commute

32 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 16 Hecla residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 24 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hecla.

16live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

24work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hecla goes to work

Aberdeen32.9 mi away

56%9

Bath31.1 mi away

13%2

Langford25.3 mi away

6%1

Timber Lake144.3 mi away

6%1

Britton20.5 mi away

6%1

Garden Prairie41.8 mi away

6%1

Split Rock179.1 mi away

6%1

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

How far

How far Hecla commutes

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

13%

75%

13%

0%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

75%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hecla is a job hub

1.50jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Hecla are

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

Jobs based in Hecla

24 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less50%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month29%

Jobs Hecla residents hold

16 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month75%

+118%

Jobs based in Hecla, 2013 → 2023: 11 → 24. 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.