Work & commute · Hill

Work & commute in Hill, SD

Most working residents leave Hill for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Rapid City (39%), Sioux Falls (4%) and Custer (2%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

47 of 309 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 262 Hill residents head out of town to work, 47 work right here, and 508 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hill.

262live here, work elsewhere

47live and work here

508work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hill goes to work

Rapid City20 mi away

39%121

Hill City (in town)right here

15%47

Sioux Falls342.3 mi away

4%11

Custer11.5 mi away

2%7

Hot Springs35.7 mi away

1%4

Sturgis33.3 mi away

1%4

Spearfish40.6 mi away

1%4

Faith106.9 mi away

1%3

Summerset21.3 mi away

1%3

Deadwood32.3 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%102

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

How far

How far Hill commutes

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

24%

52%

13%

12%

24%Under 10 mi

52%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hill is a job hub

1.80jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hill are

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

Jobs based in Hill

555 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Hill residents hold

309 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+4%

Jobs based in Hill, 2013 → 2023: 535 → 555. 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.