Work & commute · Lake View

Work & commute in Lake View, SD

Most working residents leave Lake View for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Sioux Falls (34%), Madison (22%) and Brookings (5%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12 of 357 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 345 Lake View residents head out of town to work, 12 work right here, and 403 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lake View.

345live here, work elsewhere

12live and work here

403work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lake View goes to work

Sioux Falls34.4 mi away

34%121

Madison2.9 mi away

22%80

Brookings26.8 mi away

5%17

Lake View (in town)right here

3%10

Lyons20 mi away

3%9

Chester8.8 mi away

2%7

Watertown64.7 mi away

2%6

Wentworth6.6 mi away

2%6

Lake Madison2.1 mi away

2%6

Colman12.8 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%91

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

How far

How far Lake View commutes

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

34%

45%

12%

34%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

45%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lake View is balanced between jobs and homes

1.16jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.16 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Lake View are

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

Jobs based in Lake View

415 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Lake View residents hold

357 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+156%

Jobs based in Lake View, 2013 → 2023: 162 → 415. 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.