Work & commute · North Spearfish

Work & commute in North Spearfish, SD

Most working residents leave North Spearfish for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Spearfish (46%), Rapid City (10%) and Deadwood (5%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

43 of 1,076 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 1,033 North Spearfish residents head out of town to work, 43 work right here, and 413 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in North Spearfish.

1,033live here, work elsewhere

43live and work here

413work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where North Spearfish goes to work

Spearfish4.6 mi away

46%500

Rapid City45.6 mi away

10%109

Deadwood12.5 mi away

5%49

North Spearfish (in town)right here

4%43

Belle Fourche10.8 mi away

4%42

Sioux Falls362.5 mi away

4%41

Sturgis21.1 mi away

3%35

Lead12.8 mi away

3%28

Sundance, WY23.9 mi away

2%17

Box Elder49.2 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

19%205

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

How far

How far North Spearfish commutes

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

54%

20%

14%

11%

54%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

North Spearfish is a commuter town

0.42jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in North Spearfish are

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

Jobs based in North Spearfish

456 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)49%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)34%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month70%

Jobs North Spearfish residents hold

1,076 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+152%

Jobs based in North Spearfish, 2013 → 2023: 181 → 456. 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.