Work & commute · Pine Ridge

Work & commute in Pine Ridge, SD

Most working residents leave Pine Ridge for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Wounded Knee (10%), Batesland (10%) and Rapid City (5%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

40 of 391 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

11 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 351 Pine Ridge residents head out of town to work, 40 work right here, and 243 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pine Ridge.

351live here, work elsewhere

40live and work here

243work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pine Ridge goes to work

Pine Ridge (in town)right here

10%40

Wounded Knee12.3 mi away

10%39

Batesland23.8 mi away

10%38

Rapid City79.5 mi away

5%19

Sioux Falls294.8 mi away

2%9

Porcupine20 mi away

2%9

Oglala13.9 mi away

2%7

Mitchell231.6 mi away

1%5

Gordon, NE23.3 mi away

1%3

Rushville, NE22.1 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%219

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

How far

How far Pine Ridge commutes

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

19%

57%

19%

19%Under 10 mi

57%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pine Ridge is a commuter town

0.72jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pine Ridge are

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

Jobs based in Pine Ridge

283 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Pine Ridge residents hold

391 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)86%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month43%

−55%

Jobs based in Pine Ridge, 2013 → 2023: 631 → 283. 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.