Work & commute · Lafoon

Work & commute in Lafoon, SD

Most working residents leave Lafoon for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Faulkton (21%), Redfield (14%) and Aberdeen (14%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 14 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

39%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 14 Lafoon residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 13 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lafoon.

14live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

13work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lafoon goes to work

Faulkton5.7 mi away

21%3

Redfield26.1 mi away

14%2

Aberdeen40.5 mi away

14%2

Redfield25.9 mi away

7%1

Harmony35.8 mi away

7%1

Freedom14.6 mi away

7%1

Tamworth7.5 mi away

7%1

Fairview14.3 mi away

7%1

Bath44.4 mi away

7%1

Renner Corner148.2 mi away

7%1

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

How far

How far Lafoon commutes

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

29%

14%

50%

29%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

50%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lafoon is balanced between jobs and homes

0.93jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.93 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Lafoon are

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

Jobs based in Lafoon

13 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)100%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Lafoon residents hold

14 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month64%

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.