Work & commute · Letcher

Work & commute in Letcher, SD

Most working residents leave Letcher for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Woonsocket (19%), Mitchell (15%) and Huron (10%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 67 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 66 Letcher residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 13 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Letcher.

66live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

13work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Letcher goes to work

Woonsocket12.3 mi away

19%13

Mitchell13 mi away

15%10

Huron32.1 mi away

10%7

Woonsocket13.8 mi away

6%4

Silver Creek11.4 mi away

4%3

Wessington Springs24.5 mi away

3%2

Winner92.8 mi away

3%2

Brookings72.9 mi away

3%2

Sioux Falls74.9 mi away

3%2

Rapid City252.4 mi away

3%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%20

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

How far

How far Letcher commutes

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

48%

16%

28%

7%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Letcher is a commuter town

0.21jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Letcher are

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

Jobs based in Letcher

14 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less79%

$1,251–$3,333 a month7%

Over $3,333 a month14%

Jobs Letcher residents hold

67 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)40%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)36%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month46%

+40%

Jobs based in Letcher, 2013 → 2023: 10 → 14. 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.