Work & commute · Meckling

Work & commute in Meckling, SD

Most working residents leave Meckling for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Vermillion (28%), Sioux Falls (18%) and Yankton (5%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 94 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 93 Meckling residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 11 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Meckling.

93live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

11work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Meckling goes to work

Vermillion10.7 mi away

28%26

Sioux Falls50.2 mi away

18%17

Yankton14.8 mi away

5%5

Sioux City, IA44.3 mi away

4%4

Wakonda9.8 mi away

2%2

Viborg21.2 mi away

2%2

Centerville18.7 mi away

2%2

Elk Point24.9 mi away

2%2

Beresford21.9 mi away

2%2

Rock Valley, IA47.2 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%31

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

How far

How far Meckling commutes

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

23%

32%

25%

20%

23%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Meckling is a commuter town

0.13jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Meckling are

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

Jobs based in Meckling

12 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month67%

Over $3,333 a month25%

Jobs Meckling residents hold

94 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month71%

−82%

Jobs based in Meckling, 2013 → 2023: 66 → 12. 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.