Work & commute · Philip

Work & commute in Philip, SD

48% of Philip’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Rapid City (8%), Pierre (4%) and Sioux Falls (4%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

48%

124 of 261 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

5 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 137 Philip residents head out of town to work, 124 work right here, and 436 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Philip.

137live here, work elsewhere

124live and work here

436work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Philip goes to work

Philip (in town)right here

48%124

Rapid City77.1 mi away

8%21

Pierre70.5 mi away

4%10

Sioux Falls248.4 mi away

4%10

Midland25.4 mi away

3%7

Wall29 mi away

2%4

Mitchell181.7 mi away

1%3

Chadron, NE107.5 mi away

1%2

Martin59.9 mi away

1%2

Timber Lake100.3 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%76

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

How far

How far Philip commutes

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

49%

38%

49%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

38%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Philip is a job hub

2.15jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.1 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Philip are

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

Jobs based in Philip

560 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Philip residents hold

261 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+15%

Jobs based in Philip, 2013 → 2023: 487 → 560. 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.