Work & commute · Menno

Work & commute in Menno, SD

Most working residents leave Menno for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Freeman (24%), Sioux Falls (15%) and Yankton (4%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

38 of 227 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 189 Menno residents head out of town to work, 38 work right here, and 306 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Menno.

189live here, work elsewhere

38live and work here

306work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Menno goes to work

Freeman10.5 mi away

24%55

Menno (in town)right here

17%38

Sioux Falls47.3 mi away

15%34

Yankton25.8 mi away

4%9

Valley7.2 mi away

4%9

Mitchell41.1 mi away

3%6

Marion20.4 mi away

2%5

Rapid City287.7 mi away

2%5

Pierre157.7 mi away

2%4

Parker24.9 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%59

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

How far

How far Menno commutes

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

21%

34%

29%

16%

21%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

29%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Menno is a job hub

1.52jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Menno are

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

Jobs based in Menno

344 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Menno residents hold

227 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+19%

Jobs based in Menno, 2013 → 2023: 289 → 344. 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.