Work & commute · Ravinia

Work & commute in Ravinia, SD

Most working residents leave Ravinia for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Lake Andes (27%), Wagner (20%) and Pickstown (13%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

2 of 15 working residents

Typical commute

7 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 13 Ravinia residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 58 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ravinia.

13live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

58work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ravinia goes to work

Lake Andes5.7 mi away

27%4

Wagner8 mi away

20%3

Ravinia (in town)right here

13%2

Pickstown7.1 mi away

13%2

Geddes15.9 mi away

7%1

Platte27.2 mi away

7%1

Watertown137.8 mi away

7%1

Moore13.9 mi away

7%1

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

How far

How far Ravinia commutes

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

73%

13%

73%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ravinia is a job hub

4.00jobs per working resident

A job hub

4.0 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Ravinia are

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

Jobs based in Ravinia

60 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)95%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month75%

Jobs Ravinia residents hold

15 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)87%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+1900%

Jobs based in Ravinia, 2013 → 2023: 3 → 60. 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.