Work & commute · Leola

Work & commute in Leola, SD

Most working residents leave Leola for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Eureka (18%), Aberdeen (11%) and Sioux Falls (3%). Half commute less than 33 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

15 of 123 working residents

Typical commute

33 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 108 Leola residents head out of town to work, 15 work right here, and 88 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Leola.

108live here, work elsewhere

15live and work here

88work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Leola goes to work

Eureka33.1 mi away

18%22

Leola (in town)right here

12%15

Aberdeen28.8 mi away

11%14

Sioux Falls185.6 mi away

3%4

Watertown103.2 mi away

2%3

Long Lake15.9 mi away

2%2

Bowdle39.4 mi away

2%2

Mitchell144.6 mi away

2%2

Rapid City238.4 mi away

2%2

Aberdeen27.3 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%55

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

How far

How far Leola commutes

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

22%

35%

39%

22%Under 10 mi

4%10–24 mi

35%25–50 mi

39%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Leola is balanced between jobs and homes

0.84jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.84 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Leola are

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

Jobs based in Leola

103 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities1%

Services (health, schools, offices…)90%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Leola residents hold

123 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−16%

Jobs based in Leola, 2013 → 2023: 122 → 103. 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.