Work & commute · Hermosa

Work & commute in Hermosa, SD

Most working residents leave Hermosa for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Rapid City (29%), Custer (18%) and Hot Springs (6%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 141 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 137 Hermosa residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 136 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hermosa.

137live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

136work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hermosa goes to work

Rapid City15.9 mi away

29%41

Custer21.1 mi away

18%26

Hot Springs32.3 mi away

6%9

Batesland73.5 mi away

3%4

Hermosa (in town)right here

3%4

Sioux Falls323.2 mi away

3%4

Pierre147 mi away

2%3

Alliance, NE121.2 mi away

1%1

Buffalo Gap24.9 mi away

1%1

Britton298.5 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%47

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

How far

How far Hermosa commutes

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

66%

10%

18%

6%Under 10 mi

66%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hermosa is balanced between jobs and homes

0.99jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.99 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Hermosa are

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

Jobs based in Hermosa

140 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)94%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month6%

Over $3,333 a month78%

Jobs Hermosa residents hold

141 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+15%

Jobs based in Hermosa, 2013 → 2023: 122 → 140. 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.