Work & commute · Richland

Work & commute in Richland, SD

Most working residents leave Richland for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Brookings (49%), Sioux Falls (16%) and Elkton (5%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 76 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 75 Richland residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 113 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Richland.

75live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

113work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Richland goes to work

Brookings14.8 mi away

49%37

Sioux Falls57.2 mi away

16%12

Elkton8.1 mi away

5%4

Huron84.7 mi away

4%3

Yankton110.5 mi away

3%2

Ivanhoe, MN14.3 mi away

1%1

Appleton, MN63 mi away

1%1

Marshall, MN35.5 mi away

1%1

Albert Lea, MN162.9 mi away

1%1

Fremont, NE201.2 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

17%13

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

How far

How far Richland commutes

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

58%

33%

5%Under 10 mi

58%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Richland is a job hub

1.50jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Richland are

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

Jobs based in Richland

114 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)68%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)3%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month12%

Over $3,333 a month79%

Jobs Richland residents hold

76 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+21%

Jobs based in Richland, 2013 → 2023: 94 → 114. 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.