Work & commute · Highmore

Work & commute in Highmore, SD

About one in 3 of Highmore’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Pierre (7%), Sioux Falls (4%) and Miller (3%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

30%

87 of 291 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

10 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 204 Highmore residents head out of town to work, 87 work right here, and 190 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Highmore.

204live here, work elsewhere

87live and work here

190work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Highmore goes to work

Highmore (in town)right here

30%87

Pierre44.6 mi away

7%20

Sioux Falls150.6 mi away

4%13

Miller22.3 mi away

3%8

Mitchell88.4 mi away

3%8

Huron61.7 mi away

2%7

Stephan18.8 mi away

2%7

Rapid City189.4 mi away

2%6

Fort Thompson32.6 mi away

2%5

Faulkton38.6 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%126

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

How far

How far Highmore commutes

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

35%

14%

15%

35%

35%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Highmore is balanced between jobs and homes

0.95jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.95 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Highmore are

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

Jobs based in Highmore

277 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Highmore residents hold

291 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−11%

Jobs based in Highmore, 2013 → 2023: 311 → 277. 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.