Work & commute · Mellette

Work & commute in Mellette, SD

Most working residents leave Mellette for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Sioux Falls (13%), Aberdeen (12%) and Mellette (10%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 52 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

33%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 51 Mellette residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 63 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mellette.

51live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

63work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mellette goes to work

Sioux Falls141.7 mi away

13%7

Aberdeen20.7 mi away

12%6

Mellette1 mi away

10%5

Redfield21.5 mi away

8%4

Redfield20.2 mi away

6%3

Bath21.4 mi away

6%3

Huron57.1 mi away

4%2

Pierre105.3 mi away

4%2

Watertown67.2 mi away

4%2

Northville7 mi away

4%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%16

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

How far

How far Mellette commutes

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

15%

38%

42%

15%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

42%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mellette is balanced between jobs and homes

1.23jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.23 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Mellette are

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

Jobs based in Mellette

64 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities61%

Services (health, schools, offices…)11%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Mellette residents hold

52 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities38%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−18%

Jobs based in Mellette, 2013 → 2023: 78 → 64. 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.