Work & commute · Lake Sinai

Work & commute in Lake Sinai, SD

Most working residents leave Lake Sinai for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Brookings (46%), Volga (6%) and Sioux Falls (5%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 81 working residents

Typical commute

15 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 81 Lake Sinai residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lake Sinai.

81live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

3work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lake Sinai goes to work

Brookings14.1 mi away

46%37

Volga9 mi away

6%5

Sioux Falls50.3 mi away

5%4

Volga8.4 mi away

5%4

Madison15.8 mi away

4%3

Bruce16.4 mi away

2%2

Boulder, CO510.5 mi away

1%1

Willmar, MN115.7 mi away

1%1

Fargo, ND182.3 mi away

1%1

Forest Grove, OR1273.3 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%22

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

How far

How far Lake Sinai commutes

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

65%

11%

15%

9%Under 10 mi

65%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lake Sinai is a commuter town

0.04jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lake Sinai are

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

Jobs based in Lake Sinai

3 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)67%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)33%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Lake Sinai residents hold

81 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+50%

Jobs based in Lake Sinai, 2013 → 2023: 2 → 3. 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.