Work & commute · Isabel

Work & commute in Isabel, SD

Most working residents leave Isabel for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are North Eagle Butte (16%), Timber Lake (12%) and Sioux Falls (6%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

5 of 49 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 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 44 Isabel residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 105 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Isabel.

44live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

105work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Isabel goes to work

North Eagle Butte27.5 mi away

16%8

Timber Lake17.6 mi away

12%6

Isabel (in town)right here

10%5

Sioux Falls264.7 mi away

6%3

Eagle Butte29.2 mi away

4%2

Roscoe101.7 mi away

2%1

McIntosh36.7 mi away

2%1

Mobridge49.4 mi away

2%1

Chamberlain151.1 mi away

2%1

Brookings239.6 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%20

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

How far

How far Isabel commutes

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

17%

30%

35%

17%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

30%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Isabel is a job hub

2.24jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Isabel are

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

Jobs based in Isabel

110 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities35%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Isabel residents hold

49 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+293%

Jobs based in Isabel, 2013 → 2023: 28 → 110. 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.