Work & commute · La Roche

Work & commute in La Roche, SD

Most working residents leave La Roche for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Platte (34%), Platte (17%) and Rapid City (5%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 126 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 121 La Roche residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 27 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in La Roche.

121live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

27work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where La Roche goes to work

Platte18.3 mi away

34%43

Platte16.2 mi away

17%21

Rapid City205.2 mi away

5%6

Lake Andes39.1 mi away

4%5

La Roche (in town)right here

4%5

Sioux Falls123.5 mi away

3%4

Corsica39.5 mi away

2%3

Mitchell60.6 mi away

2%3

Watertown142.2 mi away

2%3

Chamberlain24.3 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%31

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

How far

How far La Roche commutes

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

55%

15%

26%

4%Under 10 mi

55%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

La Roche is a commuter town

0.25jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in La Roche are

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

Jobs based in La Roche

32 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)53%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month78%

Jobs La Roche residents hold

126 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+113%

Jobs based in La Roche, 2013 → 2023: 15 → 32. 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.