Work & commute · Pollock

Work & commute in Pollock, SD

Most working residents leave Pollock for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Herreid (19%), Mobridge (8%) and Pierre (5%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 78 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

13 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 71 Pollock residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 62 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pollock.

71live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

62work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pollock goes to work

Herreid11.2 mi away

19%15

Pollock (in town)right here

9%7

Mobridge25.8 mi away

8%6

Pierre105.4 mi away

5%4

Aberdeen92.9 mi away

4%3

Java33.7 mi away

3%2

Selby29.9 mi away

3%2

Leola66.2 mi away

3%2

Eureka33.4 mi away

3%2

Huron146.8 mi away

3%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%33

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

How far

How far Pollock commutes

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

10%

32%

21%

36%

10%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

36%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pollock is balanced between jobs and homes

0.88jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.88 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Pollock are

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

Jobs based in Pollock

69 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)55%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)20%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month75%

Jobs Pollock residents hold

78 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−1%

Jobs based in Pollock, 2013 → 2023: 70 → 69. 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.