Work & commute · Kennebec

Work & commute in Kennebec, SD

Most working residents leave Kennebec for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Presho (11%), Oacoma (8%) and Pierre (8%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 97 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

8 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 93 Kennebec residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 59 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kennebec.

93live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

59work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kennebec goes to work

Presho9.8 mi away

11%11

Oacoma25.6 mi away

8%8

Pierre39.7 mi away

8%8

Chamberlain27.5 mi away

7%7

Sioux Falls158.3 mi away

5%5

Kennebec (in town)right here

4%4

Fort Pierre41.1 mi away

4%4

Mitchell91.6 mi away

4%4

Oacoma21 mi away

3%3

Murdo42.4 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%41

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

How far

How far Kennebec commutes

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

12%

31%

33%

24%

12%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

33%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kennebec is a commuter town

0.65jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Kennebec are

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

Jobs based in Kennebec

63 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)89%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Kennebec residents hold

97 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month47%

−36%

Jobs based in Kennebec, 2013 → 2023: 98 → 63. 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.