Work & commute · Nisland

Work & commute in Nisland, SD

Most working residents leave Nisland for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Belle Fourche (17%), Newell (15%) and Rapid City (12%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 75 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 75 Nisland residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 7 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Nisland.

75live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

7work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Nisland goes to work

Belle Fourche15 mi away

17%13

Newell7.3 mi away

15%11

Rapid City44.8 mi away

12%9

Sturgis18.3 mi away

8%6

Spearfish18 mi away

8%6

Deadwood21.4 mi away

3%2

Pierre160.6 mi away

3%2

Linton, ND195 mi away

1%1

Fargo, ND357.6 mi away

1%1

Fruitdale7 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%23

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

How far

How far Nisland commutes

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

18%

50%

15%

18%

18%Under 10 mi

50%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Nisland is a commuter town

0.09jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Nisland are

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

Jobs based in Nisland

7 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)71%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)29%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month100%

Over $3,333 a month0%

Jobs Nisland residents hold

75 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month43%

−63%

Jobs based in Nisland, 2013 → 2023: 19 → 7. 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.