Work & commute · Irene

Work & commute in Irene, SD

Most working residents leave Irene for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Sioux Falls (25%), Vermillion (11%) and Viborg (9%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 184 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 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 183 Irene residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 147 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Irene.

183live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

147work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Irene goes to work

Sioux Falls38.1 mi away

25%46

Vermillion23.9 mi away

11%21

Viborg7.2 mi away

9%17

Yankton17.9 mi away

7%12

Beresford19 mi away

4%7

Brookings86.3 mi away

3%6

Centerville10.2 mi away

3%5

Freeman22.8 mi away

2%4

Tea30.7 mi away

2%3

Mitchell62.9 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%60

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

How far

How far Irene commutes

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

14%

37%

36%

13%

14%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

36%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Irene is balanced between jobs and homes

0.80jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.80 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Irene are

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

Jobs based in Irene

148 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less32%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Irene residents hold

184 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+10%

Jobs based in Irene, 2013 → 2023: 134 → 148. 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.