Work & commute · Lemmon

Work & commute in Lemmon, SD

About one in 3 of Lemmon’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Bison (14%), Faith (4%) and Rapid City (3%). Half commute less than 32 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

38%

176 of 460 working residents

Typical commute

32 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

9 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 284 Lemmon residents head out of town to work, 176 work right here, and 487 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lemmon.

284live here, work elsewhere

176live and work here

487work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lemmon goes to work

Lemmon (in town)right here

38%176

Bison32.3 mi away

14%63

Faith63.4 mi away

4%18

Rapid City139 mi away

3%16

Lincoln3.5 mi away

3%16

Pierre140.4 mi away

3%13

Sioux Falls313.6 mi away

3%12

Hettinger, ND23.2 mi away

2%10

Bison34.3 mi away

2%10

Belle Fourche120.7 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%120

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

How far

How far Lemmon commutes

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

42%

19%

35%

42%Under 10 mi

4%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lemmon is balanced between jobs and homes

1.44jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.44 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Lemmon are

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

Jobs based in Lemmon

663 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Lemmon residents hold

460 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month45%

+1%

Jobs based in Lemmon, 2013 → 2023: 658 → 663. 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.