Work & commute · Mobridge

Work & commute in Mobridge, SD

46% of Mobridge’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are McLaughlin (6%), Pierre (4%) and Sioux Falls (3%). Half commute less than 2 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

46%

658 of 1,441 working residents

Typical commute

2 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 783 Mobridge residents head out of town to work, 658 work right here, and 508 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mobridge.

783live here, work elsewhere

658live and work here

508work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mobridge goes to work

Mobridge (in town)right here

46%658

McLaughlin26.1 mi away

6%93

Pierre80.7 mi away

4%57

Sioux Falls228.8 mi away

3%49

Selby19.6 mi away

3%43

Aberdeen95.4 mi away

3%41

Mitchell171.9 mi away

1%20

Wakpala9.5 mi away

1%20

Brookings197.9 mi away

1%13

Rapid City170.1 mi away

1%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%434

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

How far

How far Mobridge commutes

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

61%

25%

61%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mobridge is balanced between jobs and homes

0.81jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.81 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Mobridge are

1,166 jobs are based in Mobridge. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mobridge’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Mobridge

1,166 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Mobridge residents hold

1,441 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−27%

Jobs based in Mobridge, 2013 → 2023: 1,592 → 1,166. 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.