Work & commute · Lake Hill

Work & commute in Lake Hill, SD

Most working residents leave Lake Hill for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Rapid City (36%), New Underwood (21%) and Hill City (7%). Half commute less than 50 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 14 working residents

Typical commute

50 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 14 Lake Hill residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 19 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lake Hill.

14live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

19work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lake Hill goes to work

Rapid City52 mi away

36%5

New Underwood33.4 mi away

21%3

Hill City69.9 mi away

7%1

Hot Springs77.8 mi away

7%1

Sturgis70.5 mi away

7%1

Box Elder45.4 mi away

7%1

Sioux Falls273.4 mi away

7%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

7%1

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

How far

How far Lake Hill commutes

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

57%

43%

0%Under 10 mi

0%10–24 mi

57%25–50 mi

43%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lake Hill is balanced between jobs and homes

1.36jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.36 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Lake Hill are

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

Jobs based in Lake Hill

19 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)100%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month58%

Over $3,333 a month26%

Jobs Lake Hill residents hold

14 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+533%

Jobs based in Lake Hill, 2013 → 2023: 3 → 19. 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.