Work & commute · Mitchell

Work & commute in Mitchell, SD

60% of Mitchell’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Sioux Falls (11%), Brookings (2%) and Yankton (1%). Half commute less than 2 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

60%

4,933 of 8,160 working residents

Typical commute

2 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

13 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 3,227 Mitchell residents head out of town to work, 4,933 work right here, and 5,407 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mitchell.

3,227live here, work elsewhere

4,933live and work here

5,407work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mitchell goes to work

Mitchell (in town)right here

60%4,933

Sioux Falls66.7 mi away

11%881

Brookings73.9 mi away

2%129

Yankton66.5 mi away

1%122

Huron44.6 mi away

1%117

Pierre121.7 mi away

1%102

Rapid City258.8 mi away

1%88

Watertown92.6 mi away

1%63

Beulah4.9 mi away

1%58

Aberdeen121.8 mi away

1%53

Everywhere elseother towns and states

20%1,614

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

How far

How far Mitchell commutes

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

65%

28%

65%Under 10 mi

3%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mitchell is balanced between jobs and homes

1.27jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.27 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Mitchell are

10,340 jobs are based in Mitchell. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mitchell’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Mitchell

10,340 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Mitchell residents hold

8,160 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+5%

Jobs based in Mitchell, 2013 → 2023: 9,801 → 10,340. 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.