Work & commute · Pickstown

Work & commute in Pickstown, SD

Most working residents leave Pickstown for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Lake Andes (20%), Wagner (18%) and Dante (8%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 60 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 55 Pickstown residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 113 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pickstown.

55live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

113work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pickstown goes to work

Lake Andes6.2 mi away

20%12

Wagner12 mi away

18%11

Dante17.5 mi away

8%5

Pickstown (in town)right here

8%5

Platte27.2 mi away

5%3

Sioux Falls96.1 mi away

5%3

Ravinia7.1 mi away

3%2

Mission108.6 mi away

3%2

Yankton58.8 mi away

3%2

Aberdeen165.7 mi away

3%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

22%13

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

How far

How far Pickstown commutes

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

35%

28%

10%

27%

35%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pickstown is a job hub

1.97jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pickstown are

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

Jobs based in Pickstown

118 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less31%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month32%

Jobs Pickstown residents hold

60 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+883%

Jobs based in Pickstown, 2013 → 2023: 12 → 118. 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.