Work & commute · Ideal

Work & commute in Ideal, SD

Most working residents leave Ideal for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Winner (35%), Pierre (15%) and Colome (8%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
0%
0 of 26 working residents
Typical commute
22 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
— min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
0%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 26 Ideal residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ideal.

26live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
0work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Ideal goes to work

AinsworthColomeWinnerOacomaMadisonPierreAberdeenCurlewLamroIdealNorth Eagle ButteWinnerPierreColomeCurlewAinsworthOacomaMadisonAberdeenLamroNorth Eagle ButteIdeal
1
Winner11.7 mi away
35%9
2
Pierre61 mi away
15%4
3
Colome21.9 mi away
8%2
4
Curlew11.8 mi away
8%2
5
Ainsworth, NE68.6 mi away
4%1
6
Oacoma33.2 mi away
4%1
7
Madison144 mi away
4%1
8
Aberdeen151 mi away
4%1
9
Lamro11.4 mi away
4%1
10
North Eagle Butte121.1 mi away
4%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
12%3

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

How far

How far Ideal commutes

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

0%Under 10 mi
56%10–24 mi
8%25–50 mi
36%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Ideal is a commuter town

0.00jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

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.

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