Work & commute · Prairie
Work & commute in Prairie, SD
Most working residents leave Prairie for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Bison (33%), Lemmon (25%) and Eagle Butte (8%). Half commute less than 42 miles.
Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute timesWork in town
0%0 of 12 working residents
Typical commute
42 miHalf commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
— minOne 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 12 Prairie residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Prairie.
12live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
0work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map
Where Prairie goes to work
Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.
How far
How far Prairie commutes
Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
42%
25%
33%
0%Under 10 mi
42%10–24 mi
25%25–50 mi
33%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?
Prairie is a commuter town
0.00jobs per working resident
A commuter town0.00 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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.