Work & commute · Parker

Work & commute in Parker, SD

Most working residents leave Parker for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Sioux Falls (43%), Marion (4%) and Lennox (3%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

38 of 524 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 486 Parker residents head out of town to work, 38 work right here, and 293 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Parker.

486live here, work elsewhere

38live and work here

293work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Parker goes to work

Sioux Falls22.4 mi away

43%226

Parker (in town)right here

7%38

Marion6.6 mi away

4%23

Lennox12.5 mi away

3%18

Freeman15.3 mi away

2%13

Parker1.8 mi away

2%11

Germantown7.6 mi away

2%10

Delapre14.8 mi away

2%10

Sioux City, IA72.8 mi away

1%7

Chancellor7.6 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%161

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

How far

How far Parker commutes

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

21%

55%

13%

11%

21%Under 10 mi

55%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Parker is a commuter town

0.63jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Parker are

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

Jobs based in Parker

331 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Parker residents hold

524 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+24%

Jobs based in Parker, 2013 → 2023: 268 → 331. 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.