Work & commute · Pierre

Work & commute in Pierre, SD

65% of Pierre’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Fort Pierre (6%), Sioux Falls (6%) and Rapid City (1%). Half commute less than 2 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

65%

4,316 of 6,597 working residents

Typical commute

2 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

13 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 2,281 Pierre residents head out of town to work, 4,316 work right here, and 4,883 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pierre.

2,281live here, work elsewhere

4,316live and work here

4,883work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pierre goes to work

Pierre (in town)right here

65%4,316

Fort Pierre3.1 mi away

6%394

Sioux Falls187.5 mi away

6%384

Rapid City145 mi away

1%86

Mitchell121.7 mi away

1%84

Huron104.2 mi away

1%64

Brookings174.6 mi away

1%60

Watertown159.9 mi away

1%54

Aberdeen117.8 mi away

1%54

Yankton178.8 mi away

1%33

Everywhere elseother towns and states

16%1,068

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

How far

How far Pierre commutes

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

75%

22%

75%Under 10 mi

1%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pierre is balanced between jobs and homes

1.39jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.39 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Pierre are

9,199 jobs are based in Pierre. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pierre’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Pierre

9,199 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Pierre residents hold

6,597 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−2%

Jobs based in Pierre, 2013 → 2023: 9,388 → 9,199. 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.