Work & commute · Hosmer

Work & commute in Hosmer, SD

Most working residents leave Hosmer for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Bowdle (22%), Roscoe (13%) and Aberdeen (10%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 68 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 64 Hosmer residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 41 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hosmer.

64live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

41work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hosmer goes to work

Bowdle12.5 mi away

22%15

Roscoe11.1 mi away

13%9

Aberdeen49.3 mi away

10%7

Hosmer (in town)right here

6%4

Ipswich23.4 mi away

6%4

Sioux Falls195 mi away

4%3

Minneota, MN184.2 mi away

1%1

Breckenridge, MN146.7 mi away

1%1

Oakes, ND77.2 mi away

1%1

Bismarck, ND105.5 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%22

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

How far

How far Hosmer commutes

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

49%

13%

31%

7%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hosmer is a commuter town

0.66jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hosmer are

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

Jobs based in Hosmer

45 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less49%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Hosmer residents hold

68 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−22%

Jobs based in Hosmer, 2013 → 2023: 58 → 45. 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.