Work & commute · Kadoka

Work & commute in Kadoka, SD

About one in 3 of Kadoka’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Philip (9%), Interior (8%) and Pierre (5%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

30%

67 of 226 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

11 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 159 Kadoka residents head out of town to work, 67 work right here, and 154 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kadoka.

159live here, work elsewhere

67live and work here

154work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kadoka goes to work

Kadoka (in town)right here

30%67

Philip16.8 mi away

9%21

Interior21 mi away

8%18

Pierre69.7 mi away

5%12

Rapid City87 mi away

5%12

Wanblee19.5 mi away

4%9

Spearfish123.5 mi away

2%5

Murdo39.4 mi away

2%4

Sioux Falls239.1 mi away

2%4

Hill City103.3 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%71

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

How far

How far Kadoka commutes

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

39%

22%

35%

39%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kadoka is balanced between jobs and homes

0.98jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.98 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Kadoka are

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

Jobs based in Kadoka

221 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Kadoka residents hold

226 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−7%

Jobs based in Kadoka, 2013 → 2023: 237 → 221. 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.