Work & commute · Lowe

Work & commute in Lowe, SD

Most working residents leave Lowe for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Watertown (21%), Brookings (14%) and Clear Lake (10%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 42 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 42 Lowe residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 6 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lowe.

42live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

6work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lowe goes to work

Watertown29 mi away

21%9

Brookings45.2 mi away

14%6

Clear Lake14 mi away

10%4

Sioux Falls96.9 mi away

10%4

Canby, MN21.1 mi away

7%3

Gary11.3 mi away

7%3

Toronto25.6 mi away

5%2

Grange27.4 mi away

5%2

Sioux City, IA169 mi away

2%1

Goodwin14.6 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

17%7

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

How far

How far Lowe commutes

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

32%

51%

17%

0%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

51%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lowe is a commuter town

0.14jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lowe are

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

Jobs based in Lowe

6 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)100%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Lowe residents hold

42 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month67%

−14%

Jobs based in Lowe, 2013 → 2023: 7 → 6. 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.