Work & commute · Mission

Work & commute in Mission, SD

About one in 4 of Mission’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Two Strike (18%), St. Francis (11%) and Soldier Creek (9%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

27%

63 of 233 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 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 170 Mission residents head out of town to work, 63 work right here, and 553 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mission.

170live here, work elsewhere

63live and work here

553work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mission goes to work

Mission (in town)right here

27%63

Two Strike13.9 mi away

18%41

St. Francis16.6 mi away

11%26

Soldier Creek12 mi away

9%20

Rapid City138.2 mi away

3%6

Sioux Falls197.8 mi away

1%3

Rosebud9.1 mi away

1%3

Winner40.8 mi away

1%2

Pine Ridge97.3 mi away

1%2

Lone Tree, CO339.9 mi away

0%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%66

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

How far

How far Mission commutes

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

43%

40%

14%

43%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mission is a job hub

2.64jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Mission are

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

Jobs based in Mission

616 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities40%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Mission residents hold

233 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+11%

Jobs based in Mission, 2013 → 2023: 553 → 616. 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.