Work & commute · Monroe

Work & commute in Monroe, SD

Most working residents leave Monroe for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Sioux Falls (35%), Parker (13%) and Marion (6%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 94 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 91 Monroe residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 114 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Monroe.

91live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

114work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Monroe goes to work

Sioux Falls25.1 mi away

35%33

Parker6.4 mi away

13%12

Marion3.5 mi away

6%6

Freeman13.3 mi away

5%5

Monroe (in town)right here

3%3

Menno23.8 mi away

2%2

Tea19.9 mi away

2%2

Watertown99.9 mi away

2%2

Rapid City302.1 mi away

2%2

Palisade40.3 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%25

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

How far

How far Monroe commutes

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

24%

38%

28%

10%

24%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Monroe is balanced between jobs and homes

1.24jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.24 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Monroe are

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

Jobs based in Monroe

117 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)50%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)31%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month5%

Over $3,333 a month90%

Jobs Monroe residents hold

94 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−11%

Jobs based in Monroe, 2013 → 2023: 131 → 117. 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.