Work & commute · Sioux Falls

Work & commute in Sioux Falls, SD

81% of Sioux Falls’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Brandon (1%), Harrisburg (1%) and Delapre (1%). Half commute less than 4 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

81%

80,456 of 99,702 working residents

Typical commute

4 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 19,246 Sioux Falls residents head out of town to work, 80,456 work right here, and 49,520 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sioux Falls.

19,246live here, work elsewhere

80,456live and work here

49,520work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sioux Falls goes to work

Sioux Falls (in town)right here

81%80,456

Brandon8.2 mi away

1%1,399

Harrisburg7.4 mi away

1%1,132

Delapre8 mi away

1%1,076

Tea7.5 mi away

1%893

Rapid City325.4 mi away

1%852

Brookings52.8 mi away

1%829

Mitchell66.7 mi away

0%464

Vermillion53.3 mi away

0%444

Yankton55.9 mi away

0%434

Everywhere elseother towns and states

12%11,723

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

How far

How far Sioux Falls commutes

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

87%

87%Under 10 mi

3%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sioux Falls is balanced between jobs and homes

1.30jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.30 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Sioux Falls are

129,976 jobs are based in Sioux Falls. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sioux Falls’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Sioux Falls

129,976 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Sioux Falls residents hold

99,702 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+19%

Jobs based in Sioux Falls, 2013 → 2023: 108,831 → 129,976. 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.