Work & commute · Lower Brule

Work & commute in Lower Brule, SD

About one in 4 of Lower Brule’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Sioux Falls (4%), West Brule (4%) and Gann Valley (2%). Half commute less than 4 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

26%

36 of 138 working residents

Typical commute

4 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

10 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 102 Lower Brule residents head out of town to work, 36 work right here, and 110 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lower Brule.

102live here, work elsewhere

36live and work here

110work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lower Brule goes to work

Lower Brule (in town)right here

26%36

Sioux Falls146.9 mi away

4%6

West Brule2.7 mi away

4%5

Gann Valley29.7 mi away

2%3

Presho26.3 mi away

1%2

Chamberlain22.8 mi away

1%2

Yankton137 mi away

1%2

Aberdeen110.6 mi away

1%2

Rapid City180.4 mi away

1%2

Fort Thompson9.5 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%76

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

How far

How far Lower Brule commutes

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

67%

25%

67%Under 10 mi

4%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lower Brule is balanced between jobs and homes

1.06jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.06 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Lower Brule are

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

Jobs based in Lower Brule

146 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month48%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Lower Brule residents hold

138 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month46%

Over $3,333 a month30%

−28%

Jobs based in Lower Brule, 2013 → 2023: 203 → 146. 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.