Work & commute · New Underwood

Work & commute in New Underwood, SD

Most working residents leave New Underwood for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Rapid City (41%), Box Elder (13%) and Wall (11%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 235 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 226 New Underwood residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 136 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in New Underwood.

226live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

136work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where New Underwood goes to work

Rapid City18.9 mi away

41%96

Box Elder12.1 mi away

13%30

Wall30.4 mi away

11%25

Sioux Falls306.8 mi away

4%10

New Underwood (in town)right here

4%9

Philip58.4 mi away

3%7

Spearfish55.4 mi away

2%5

Sturgis39.1 mi away

1%3

Aberdeen234.1 mi away

1%2

Mankato, MN439.3 mi away

0%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

20%47

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

How far

How far New Underwood commutes

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

59%

17%

18%

6%Under 10 mi

59%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

New Underwood is a commuter town

0.62jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in New Underwood are

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

Jobs based in New Underwood

145 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)84%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs New Underwood residents hold

235 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−5%

Jobs based in New Underwood, 2013 → 2023: 152 → 145. 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.