Work & commute · Hoven

Work & commute in Hoven, SD

Most working residents leave Hoven for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Gettysburg (40%), Pierre (8%) and Sioux Falls (3%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 119 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 113 Hoven residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 96 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hoven.

113live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

96work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hoven goes to work

Gettysburg18.4 mi away

40%48

Pierre65.5 mi away

8%9

Hoven (in town)right here

5%6

Sioux Falls190.8 mi away

3%4

Rapid City187.4 mi away

3%4

Tolstoy8.3 mi away

2%2

Bowdle15.6 mi away

2%2

Belle Fourche203.5 mi away

2%2

Des Moines, IA399.9 mi away

1%1

Bismarck, ND118.6 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%40

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

How far

How far Hoven commutes

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

51%

32%

8%Under 10 mi

51%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hoven is balanced between jobs and homes

0.86jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.86 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Hoven are

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

Jobs based in Hoven

102 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities41%

Services (health, schools, offices…)29%

$1,250 a month or less31%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Hoven residents hold

119 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−6%

Jobs based in Hoven, 2013 → 2023: 108 → 102. 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.