Work & commute · Newell

Work & commute in Newell, SD

Most working residents leave Newell for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Belle Fourche (16%), Rapid City (14%) and Spearfish (11%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

24 of 210 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 186 Newell residents head out of town to work, 24 work right here, and 196 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Newell.

186live here, work elsewhere

24live and work here

196work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Newell goes to work

Belle Fourche22 mi away

16%34

Rapid City45.7 mi away

14%30

Newell (in town)right here

11%24

Spearfish25 mi away

11%23

Sturgis21.6 mi away

4%8

Sioux Falls341.3 mi away

4%8

Mitchell274.8 mi away

2%4

Brookings327.9 mi away

1%2

Hulett, WY58 mi away

1%2

Vale6.9 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%73

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

How far

How far Newell commutes

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

16%

35%

33%

16%

16%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

33%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Newell is balanced between jobs and homes

1.05jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.05 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Newell are

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

Jobs based in Newell

220 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Newell residents hold

210 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month47%

+13%

Jobs based in Newell, 2013 → 2023: 194 → 220. 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.