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Work & commute in Jamesville Colony · A commuter town

100% of Jamesville Colony’s working residents leave town for work

Most working residents leave Jamesville Colony for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Yankton (35%), Sioux Falls (10%) and Freeman (6%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Work in town
0%
0 of 52 working residents
Typical commute
17 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Work from home
100%
More than SD (10%)
Jobs based here
0
A commuter town

What kind of work town is Jamesville Colony?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · Time on the road

Working from home in Jamesville Colony

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

Working from home
100%

of Jamesville Colony workers work from home, vs 10% across South Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.

About 10 in 10
The commute map

35% of working residents work in Yankton

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

Storm Lake: 1 residents work here (2%)Lincoln: 1 residents work here (2%)Fargo: 1 residents work here (2%)Volin: 1 residents work here (2%)Wakonda: 2 residents work here (4%)Viborg: 2 residents work here (4%)Scotland: 2 residents work here (4%)Freeman: 3 residents work here (6%)Yankton: 18 residents work here (35%)Sioux Falls: 5 residents work here (10%)Jamesville ColonyYanktonSioux FallsFreemanWakondaViborgScotlandJamesville Colony
1
Yankton15.3 mi away
35%18
2
Sioux Falls48.4 mi away
10%5
3
Freeman17.2 mi away
6%3
4
Wakonda20 mi away
4%2
5
Viborg20.7 mi away
4%2
6
Scotland12.4 mi away
4%2
7
Storm Lake, IA120 mi away
2%1
8
Lincoln, NE163.6 mi away
2%1
9
Fargo, ND262 mi away
2%1
10
Volin18.1 mi away
2%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
31%16
The top trips

Where Jamesville Colony clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

Day and night

Jamesville Colony quiets down on a workday

On a workday 52 residents head out to work, 0 work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.

52live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
0work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night100
Workday49
100live here− 52head out to work+ 0come in to work= 49on a workday

About 49 people are in Jamesville Colony on a workday afternoon, 51% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.00jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

How far

Half of Jamesville Colony commutes less than 17 miles

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miYankton: 35% · 15.3 miSioux Falls: 10% · 48.4 miFreeman: 6% · 17.2 miWakonda: 4% · 20 miViborg: 4% · 20.7 miScotland: 4% · 12.4 miStorm Lake: 2% · 120 miLincoln: 2% · 163.6 miFargo: 2% · 262 miVolin: 2% · 18.1 miYankton 35%Sioux Falls 10%Freeman 6%Wakonda 4%Viborg 4%Jamesville Colony
Jamesville ColonyTop destinations (size = commuters)
4%Under 10 mi2 residents
65%10–24 mi34 residents
15%25–50 mi8 residents
15%Over 50 mi8 residents

About 15% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
  • Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.

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