Work & commute · Iroquois

Work & commute in Iroquois, SD

Most working residents leave Iroquois for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are De Smet (28%), Huron (14%) and Sioux Falls (8%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 109 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 106 Iroquois residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 75 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Iroquois.

106live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

75work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Iroquois goes to work

De Smet14.9 mi away

28%31

Huron17.8 mi away

14%15

Sioux Falls79.7 mi away

8%9

Iroquois (in town)right here

3%3

Howard29.4 mi away

3%3

De Smet16.1 mi away

3%3

Lake Preston23.4 mi away

2%2

Lake Norden34.7 mi away

2%2

Mitchell45.2 mi away

2%2

Brookings52.7 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%37

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

How far

How far Iroquois commutes

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

50%

15%

32%

3%Under 10 mi

50%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Iroquois is a commuter town

0.72jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Iroquois are

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

Jobs based in Iroquois

78 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Iroquois residents hold

109 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−33%

Jobs based in Iroquois, 2013 → 2023: 117 → 78. 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.