Work & commute · Midland

Work & commute in Midland, SD

Most working residents leave Midland for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Philip (59%), Kadoka (5%) and Sioux Falls (5%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 44 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 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 43 Midland residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 40 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Midland.

43live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

40work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Midland goes to work

Philip25.4 mi away

59%26

Kadoka24 mi away

5%2

Sioux Falls223.6 mi away

5%2

Valentine, NE88.2 mi away

2%1

Bellevue, NE333.4 mi away

2%1

Lincoln, NE320.8 mi away

2%1

Silver City, NM869.2 mi away

2%1

Midland (in town)right here

2%1

Miller111.7 mi away

2%1

Wall54.4 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

16%7

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

How far

How far Midland commutes

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

18%

50%

30%

2%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

50%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Midland is balanced between jobs and homes

0.93jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.93 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Midland are

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

Jobs based in Midland

41 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less49%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month29%

Jobs Midland residents hold

44 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+32%

Jobs based in Midland, 2013 → 2023: 31 → 41. 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.