Work & commute · Parnell

Work & commute in Parnell, SD

Most working residents leave Parnell for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Brookings (56%), Sioux Falls (9%) and Elkton (5%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 87 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

31%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 87 Parnell residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 57 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Parnell.

87live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

57work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Parnell goes to work

Brookings10.9 mi away

56%49

Sioux Falls48.8 mi away

9%8

Elkton5.3 mi away

5%4

Marshall, MN42 mi away

2%2

Volga17.6 mi away

2%2

Hendricks, MN20.2 mi away

1%1

Granite Falls, MN64.7 mi away

1%1

Mankato, MN129.4 mi away

1%1

Joplin, MO506.8 mi away

1%1

Timber Lake234.6 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

20%17

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

How far

How far Parnell commutes

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

33%

40%

11%

15%

33%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Parnell is a commuter town

0.66jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Parnell are

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

Jobs based in Parnell

57 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)75%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)7%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month74%

Jobs Parnell residents hold

87 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)39%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+1325%

Jobs based in Parnell, 2013 → 2023: 4 → 57. 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.