Work & commute · Murdo

Work & commute in Murdo, SD

41% of Murdo’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Rapid City (7%), Pierre (6%) and Fort Pierre (4%). Half commute less than 33 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

41%

77 of 187 working residents

Typical commute

33 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

12 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 110 Murdo residents head out of town to work, 77 work right here, and 139 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Murdo.

110live here, work elsewhere

77live and work here

139work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Murdo goes to work

Murdo (in town)right here

41%77

Rapid City125.1 mi away

7%14

Pierre38.8 mi away

6%11

Fort Pierre36.9 mi away

4%8

Kadoka39.4 mi away

3%5

Burke86.3 mi away

2%3

White River22.3 mi away

2%3

Okaton8.6 mi away

2%3

Two Strike47.6 mi away

2%3

Mission40.4 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%58

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

How far

How far Murdo commutes

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

46%

19%

32%

46%Under 10 mi

3%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Murdo is balanced between jobs and homes

1.16jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.16 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Murdo are

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

Jobs based in Murdo

216 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities36%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Murdo residents hold

187 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month42%

−23%

Jobs based in Murdo, 2013 → 2023: 281 → 216. 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.