Work & commute · Mount Vernon

Work & commute in Mount Vernon, SD

Most working residents leave Mount Vernon for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Mitchell (45%), Sioux Falls (9%) and Huron (4%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 214 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 210 Mount Vernon residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 62 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mount Vernon.

210live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

62work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mount Vernon goes to work

Mitchell11 mi away

45%97

Sioux Falls77.4 mi away

9%20

Huron45 mi away

4%9

Ethan18 mi away

3%7

Beulah6.2 mi away

3%6

Mount Vernon (in town)right here

2%4

Plankinton11.1 mi away

2%4

Parkston26 mi away

2%4

Platte36.8 mi away

1%3

Woonsocket23.6 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%58

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

How far

How far Mount Vernon commutes

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

54%

11%

28%

7%Under 10 mi

54%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mount Vernon is a commuter town

0.31jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.31 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Mount Vernon are

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

Jobs based in Mount Vernon

66 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)94%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Mount Vernon residents hold

214 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month64%

−20%

Jobs based in Mount Vernon, 2013 → 2023: 82 → 66. 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.