Work & commute · Soldier Creek

Work & commute in Soldier Creek, SD

Most working residents leave Soldier Creek for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are St. Francis (29%), Two Strike (21%) and Rosebud (6%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

5 of 34 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

100%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 29 Soldier Creek residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 334 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Soldier Creek.

29live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

334work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Soldier Creek goes to work

St. Francis13.1 mi away

29%10

Two Strike8.1 mi away

21%7

Soldier Creek (in town)right here

15%5

Rosebud7.7 mi away

6%2

Lincoln, NE277.9 mi away

3%1

White River17.9 mi away

3%1

Sioux Falls209.4 mi away

3%1

Sheridan, WY317.7 mi away

3%1

Fort Thompson89.9 mi away

3%1

Colonial Pine Hills129.7 mi away

3%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

12%4

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

How far

How far Soldier Creek commutes

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

41%

44%

15%

41%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

0%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Soldier Creek is a job hub

9.97jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Soldier Creek are

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

Jobs based in Soldier Creek

339 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)95%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Soldier Creek residents hold

34 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)88%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+6%

Jobs based in Soldier Creek, 2013 → 2023: 321 → 339. 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.