Work & commute · Signal

Work & commute in Signal, SD

Most working residents leave Signal for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Platte (29%), Platte (24%) and St. Paul (6%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 17 working residents

Typical commute

9 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 17 Signal residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 10 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Signal.

17live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

10work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Signal goes to work

Platte13.2 mi away

29%5

Platte13.3 mi away

24%4

St. Paul, MN310 mi away

6%1

White Lake37.5 mi away

6%1

Lake Andes16.2 mi away

6%1

Winner51.9 mi away

6%1

Milbank177.9 mi away

6%1

Sturgis246.3 mi away

6%1

Pierre109.5 mi away

6%1

Watertown145.4 mi away

6%1

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

How far

How far Signal commutes

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

53%

35%

53%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Signal is a commuter town

0.59jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Signal are

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

Jobs based in Signal

10 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)80%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Signal residents hold

17 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−38%

Jobs based in Signal, 2013 → 2023: 16 → 10. 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.