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Work & commute · Lura

Work & commute in Lura, SD

Most working residents leave Lura for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Milbank (29%), Sioux Falls (14%) and Watertown (10%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
0%
0 of 21 working residents
Typical commute
25 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
14 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
21%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 21 Lura residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 18 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lura.

21live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
18work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Lura goes to work

StockholmAshtonSummitParkerElktonSissetonRedfieldMilbankHartfordTeaBrandonWatertownSioux FallsRapid CityBig StoneAlbanLuraMazeppaEgelandBeckerBlooming ValleyGermantownGrant CenterFarmingtonMilbankSioux FallsWatertownAlbanStockholmSummitElktonSissetonRedfieldRapid CityLura
1
Milbank24.6 mi away
29%6
2
Sioux Falls115.5 mi away
14%3
3
Watertown19.3 mi away
10%2
4
Alban28.7 mi away
10%2
5
Stockholm17.6 mi away
5%1
6
Summit9.5 mi away
5%1
7
Elkton73.3 mi away
5%1
8
Sisseton33.1 mi away
5%1
9
Redfield70.9 mi away
5%1
10
Rapid City308.7 mi away
5%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
10%2

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

How far

How far Lura commutes

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

0%Under 10 mi
52%10–24 mi
19%25–50 mi
29%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Lura is balanced between jobs and homes

0.86jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.86 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Lura are

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

Jobs based in Lura

18 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)0%
Trade, transport & utilities44%
Services (health, schools, offices…)56%
$1,250 a month or less0%
$1,251–$3,333 a month33%
Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Lura residents hold

21 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)29%
Trade, transport & utilities10%
Services (health, schools, offices…)62%
$1,250 a month or less29%
$1,251–$3,333 a month24%
Over $3,333 a month48%
−33%

Jobs based in Lura, 2013 → 2023: 27 → 18. 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.

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