Work & commute · Ideal

Work & commute in Ideal, SD

Most working residents leave Ideal for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Winner (30%), Colome (9%) and Pierre (9%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 47 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 46 Ideal residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 36 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ideal.

46live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

36work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ideal goes to work

Winner11.9 mi away

30%14

Colome22.1 mi away

9%4

Pierre60.8 mi away

9%4

Sioux Falls159.7 mi away

4%2

Curlew11.8 mi away

4%2

Battle Creek, NE158.9 mi away

2%1

Ainsworth, NE68.8 mi away

2%1

Miller82 mi away

2%1

Sisseton203.6 mi away

2%1

Gregory33.1 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%16

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.

48%

37%

9%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

37%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ideal is balanced between jobs and homes

0.79jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.79 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Ideal are

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

Jobs based in Ideal

37 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)100%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Ideal residents hold

47 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month43%

+95%

Jobs based in Ideal, 2013 → 2023: 19 → 37. 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.