Work & commute · Interior

Work & commute in Interior, SD

Most working residents leave Interior for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Kadoka (40%), Philip (25%) and Rapid City (5%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

2 of 20 working residents

Typical commute

24 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 18 Interior residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 71 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Interior.

18live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

71work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Interior goes to work

Kadoka21 mi away

40%8

Philip23 mi away

25%5

Interior (in town)right here

10%2

Rapid City68.5 mi away

5%1

Hulett, WY147.5 mi away

5%1

Black102.4 mi away

5%1

Wanblee18.1 mi away

5%1

Two Strike62.8 mi away

5%1

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

How far

How far Interior commutes

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

10%

60%

10%

20%

10%Under 10 mi

60%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Interior is a job hub

3.65jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Interior are

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

Jobs based in Interior

73 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)97%

$1,250 a month or less1%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month81%

Jobs Interior residents hold

20 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−35%

Jobs based in Interior, 2013 → 2023: 112 → 73. 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.