Work & commute · Lisbon

Work & commute in Lisbon, SD

Most working residents leave Lisbon for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Mitchell (32%), Sioux Falls (17%) and Ethan (13%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 47 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 46 Lisbon residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 13 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lisbon.

46live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

13work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lisbon goes to work

Mitchell8.6 mi away

32%15

Sioux Falls71 mi away

17%8

Ethan10 mi away

13%6

Beulah5.6 mi away

6%3

Parkston18.2 mi away

4%2

Salem38.4 mi away

2%1

Huron50.7 mi away

2%1

Watertown101.1 mi away

2%1

Aberdeen127.8 mi away

2%1

Rapid City254.5 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

17%8

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

How far

How far Lisbon commutes

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

36%

30%

28%

36%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lisbon is a commuter town

0.30jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lisbon are

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

Jobs based in Lisbon

14 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)100%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Lisbon residents hold

47 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+8%

Jobs based in Lisbon, 2013 → 2023: 13 → 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.