Work & commute · Prairie Center

Work & commute in Prairie Center, SD

Most working residents leave Prairie Center for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Sioux Falls (22%), Vermillion (18%) and Yankton (9%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 82 working residents

Typical commute

30 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 82 Prairie Center residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 6 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Prairie Center.

82live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

6work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Prairie Center goes to work

Sioux Falls46.7 mi away

22%18

Vermillion6.8 mi away

18%15

Yankton26.3 mi away

9%7

Wakonda15.1 mi away

5%4

Elk Point16.4 mi away

4%3

Sioux Center, IA38.2 mi away

2%2

Sioux City, IA35.8 mi away

2%2

North Sioux City30.1 mi away

2%2

Spring Valley29.4 mi away

2%2

Hinton, IA33.9 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%26

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

How far

How far Prairie Center commutes

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

20%

19%

51%

10%

20%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

51%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Prairie Center is a commuter town

0.07jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Prairie Center are

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

Jobs based in Prairie Center

6 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month0%

Over $3,333 a month83%

Jobs Prairie Center residents hold

82 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month65%

−45%

Jobs based in Prairie Center, 2013 → 2023: 11 → 6. 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.