Work & commute · Rouse

Work & commute in Rouse, SD

Most working residents leave Rouse for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Wagner (39%), Dante (9%) and Lake Andes (6%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 70 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 70 Rouse residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 15 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rouse.

70live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

15work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rouse goes to work

Wagner11.4 mi away

39%27

Dante7.4 mi away

9%6

Lake Andes23.7 mi away

6%4

Yankton40 mi away

6%4

Sioux Falls84.1 mi away

6%4

Marty13.4 mi away

3%2

Phoenix, AZ991.6 mi away

1%1

Longmont, CO405.5 mi away

1%1

Sioux City, IA95.8 mi away

1%1

Wausa, NE44.3 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%19

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

How far

How far Rouse commutes

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

14%

44%

19%

23%

14%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rouse is a commuter town

0.21jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Rouse are

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

Jobs based in Rouse

15 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)93%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)7%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Rouse residents hold

70 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month44%

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.