Work & commute · Reliance

Work & commute in Reliance, SD

Most working residents leave Reliance for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Oacoma (16%), Presho (8%) and Sioux Falls (8%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 50 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 50 Reliance residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 23 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Reliance.

50live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

23work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Reliance goes to work

Oacoma12.8 mi away

16%8

Presho22.8 mi away

8%4

Sioux Falls145.2 mi away

8%4

Chamberlain14.7 mi away

6%3

Murdo55.4 mi away

4%2

Winner37 mi away

4%2

Kimball33.4 mi away

4%2

Pierre49.4 mi away

4%2

Chamberlain16.4 mi away

4%2

Lower Brule13.4 mi away

4%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%19

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

How far

How far Reliance commutes

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

50%

20%

28%

2%Under 10 mi

50%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Reliance is a commuter town

0.46jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Reliance are

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

Jobs based in Reliance

23 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)57%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)17%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month48%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Reliance residents hold

50 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−21%

Jobs based in Reliance, 2013 → 2023: 29 → 23. 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.