Work & commute · Presho

Work & commute in Presho, SD

Most working residents leave Presho for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Chamberlain (10%), Oacoma (9%) and Sioux Falls (6%). Half commute less than 35 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

20 of 172 working residents

Typical commute

35 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 152 Presho residents head out of town to work, 20 work right here, and 188 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Presho.

152live here, work elsewhere

20live and work here

188work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Presho goes to work

Presho (in town)right here

12%20

Chamberlain37.1 mi away

10%18

Oacoma35.2 mi away

9%16

Sioux Falls168 mi away

6%10

Pierre34.8 mi away

5%9

Lower Brule26.3 mi away

3%6

Kennebec9.8 mi away

3%5

Winner38 mi away

3%5

Kimball56 mi away

2%4

Mitchell101.3 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%75

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

How far

How far Presho commutes

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

16%

10%

42%

32%

16%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

42%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Presho is balanced between jobs and homes

1.21jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.21 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Presho are

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

Jobs based in Presho

208 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Presho residents hold

172 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+8%

Jobs based in Presho, 2013 → 2023: 192 → 208. 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.