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Work & commute · La Prairie

Work & commute in La Prairie, SD

Most working residents leave La Prairie for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Sioux Falls (29%), Sioux Center (14%) and Doland (14%). Half commute less than 60 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
0%
0 of 7 working residents
Typical commute
60 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
— min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
25%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 7 La Prairie residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 9 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in La Prairie.

7live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
9work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where La Prairie goes to work

Sioux CenterBrentfordWillow LakeDolandClarkGrotonRedfieldHuronMitchellAberdeenSioux FallsLa PrairieOleanHarmonyMelletteBeotiaTetonkaEnterpriseCamrose ColonySioux FallsSioux CenterDolandHuronAberdeenEnterpriseLa Prairie
1
Sioux Falls138.7 mi away
29%2
2
Sioux Center, IA181.1 mi away
14%1
3
Doland23.5 mi away
14%1
4
Huron58 mi away
14%1
5
Aberdeen19.8 mi away
14%1
6
Enterprise45.9 mi away
14%1

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

How far

How far La Prairie commutes

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

0%Under 10 mi
29%10–24 mi
14%25–50 mi
57%Over 50 mi
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La Prairie is balanced between jobs and homes

1.29jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.29 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in La Prairie are

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

Jobs based in La Prairie

9 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)89%
Trade, transport & utilities0%
Services (health, schools, offices…)11%
$1,250 a month or less22%
$1,251–$3,333 a month56%
Over $3,333 a month22%

Jobs La Prairie residents hold

7 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)14%
Trade, transport & utilities0%
Services (health, schools, offices…)86%
$1,250 a month or less0%
$1,251–$3,333 a month43%
Over $3,333 a month57%
+29%

Jobs based in La Prairie, 2013 → 2023: 7 → 9. 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.

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