Work & commute · Parkston

Work & commute in Parkston, SD

About one in 3 of Parkston’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Mitchell (18%), Sioux Falls (12%) and Freeman (3%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

30%

215 of 713 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 498 Parkston residents head out of town to work, 215 work right here, and 511 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Parkston.

498live here, work elsewhere

215live and work here

511work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Parkston goes to work

Parkston (in town)right here

30%215

Mitchell23.3 mi away

18%126

Sioux Falls63.7 mi away

12%86

Freeman28.1 mi away

3%20

Susquehanna3.4 mi away

2%13

Dimock5.8 mi away

1%10

Tripp11.6 mi away

1%10

Scotland21.6 mi away

1%9

Brookings86.8 mi away

1%9

Yankton45.9 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%207

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

How far

How far Parkston commutes

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

35%

27%

10%

28%

35%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Parkston is balanced between jobs and homes

1.02jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.02 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Parkston are

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

Jobs based in Parkston

726 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Parkston residents hold

713 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−1%

Jobs based in Parkston, 2013 → 2023: 730 → 726. 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.