Work & commute · Moore

Work & commute in Moore, SD

Most working residents leave Moore for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Wagner (19%), Lake Andes (11%) and Sioux Falls (11%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 27 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

32%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 27 Moore residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 40 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Moore.

27live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

40work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Moore goes to work

Wagner21.5 mi away

19%5

Lake Andes10.3 mi away

11%3

Sioux Falls94.6 mi away

11%3

Pickstown16.4 mi away

7%2

Bryan19.3 mi away

7%2

O'Neill, NE58.1 mi away

4%1

Ravinia13.9 mi away

4%1

Martin158.6 mi away

4%1

Viborg76.3 mi away

4%1

Mission104.3 mi away

4%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%7

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

How far

How far Moore commutes

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

19%

41%

33%

19%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Moore is balanced between jobs and homes

1.48jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.48 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Moore are

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

Jobs based in Moore

40 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)95%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)5%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month85%

Jobs Moore residents hold

27 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+233%

Jobs based in Moore, 2013 → 2023: 12 → 40. 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.