Work & commute · Keystone

Work & commute in Keystone, SD

Most working residents leave Keystone for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Rapid City (61%), Spearfish (3%) and Deadwood (2%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 120 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 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 113 Keystone residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 158 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Keystone.

113live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

158work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Keystone goes to work

Rapid City16 mi away

61%73

Keystone (in town)right here

6%7

Spearfish45.5 mi away

3%4

Deadwood37 mi away

2%2

Sioux Falls335.1 mi away

2%2

Hermosa12.4 mi away

1%1

Faith103.9 mi away

1%1

Hill City7.6 mi away

1%1

Edgemont46 mi away

1%1

Custer12.4 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

23%27

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

How far

How far Keystone commutes

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

21%

66%

21%Under 10 mi

66%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Keystone is balanced between jobs and homes

1.38jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.38 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Keystone are

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

Jobs based in Keystone

165 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Keystone residents hold

120 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+25%

Jobs based in Keystone, 2013 → 2023: 132 → 165. 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.