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Work & commute · Scotland

Work & commute in Scotland, SD

Most working residents leave Scotland for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Yankton (18%), Tyndall (16%) and Sioux Falls (10%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
12%
38 of 322 working residents
Typical commute
23 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
18 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
3%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 284 Scotland residents head out of town to work, 38 work right here, and 262 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Scotland.

284live here, work elsewhere
38live and work here
262work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Scotland goes to work

SanteeTaborTrippAvonScotlandSpringfieldParkstonTyndallWagnerYanktonMitchellSioux FallsBon Homme ColonyYanktonTyndallSioux FallsMitchellSpringfieldTaborWagnerAvonSanteeScotland
1
Yankton24.3 mi away
18%59
2
Tyndall13.1 mi away
16%53
3
Scotland (in town)right here
12%38
4
Sioux Falls56.6 mi away
10%33
5
Mitchell43.2 mi away
4%13
6
Springfield21.7 mi away
3%10
7
Tabor14.2 mi away
2%8
8
Wagner29.2 mi away
2%7
9
Avon19.8 mi away
2%6
10
Santee, NE22.4 mi away
1%4
Everywhere elseother towns and states
28%91

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

How far

How far Scotland commutes

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

14%Under 10 mi
46%10–24 mi
17%25–50 mi
23%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Scotland is balanced between jobs and homes

0.93jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.93 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Scotland are

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

Jobs based in Scotland

300 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)15%
Trade, transport & utilities26%
Services (health, schools, offices…)59%
$1,250 a month or less21%
$1,251–$3,333 a month28%
Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Scotland residents hold

322 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)25%
Trade, transport & utilities22%
Services (health, schools, offices…)53%
$1,250 a month or less16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month22%
Over $3,333 a month62%
−10%

Jobs based in Scotland, 2013 → 2023: 333 → 300. 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.

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