Work & commute · Liberty

Work & commute in Liberty, SD

Most working residents leave Liberty for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Huron (42%), Des Moines (5%) and Ethan (5%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 19 working residents

Typical commute

21 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 19 Liberty residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 20 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Liberty.

19live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

20work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Liberty goes to work

Huron13 mi away

42%8

Des Moines, IA301.3 mi away

5%1

Ethan66 mi away

5%1

Iroquois12.9 mi away

5%1

Milbank84.6 mi away

5%1

Brookings63 mi away

5%1

Hanson55 mi away

5%1

Twin Lake37.5 mi away

5%1

Clyde17.7 mi away

5%1

Salem62 mi away

5%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

11%2

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

How far

How far Liberty commutes

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

53%

42%

0%Under 10 mi

53%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

42%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Liberty is balanced between jobs and homes

1.05jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.05 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Liberty are

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

Jobs based in Liberty

20 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)100%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Liberty residents hold

19 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+900%

Jobs based in Liberty, 2013 → 2023: 2 → 20. 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.