Work & commute · Spencer

Work & commute in Spencer, SD

Most working residents leave Spencer for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Sioux Falls (27%), Salem (16%) and Montrose (9%). Half commute less than 41 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 56 working residents

Typical commute

41 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 56 Spencer residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 11 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Spencer.

56live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

11work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Spencer goes to work

Sioux Falls44.9 mi away

27%15

Salem10.1 mi away

16%9

Montrose20.4 mi away

9%5

Mitchell22.5 mi away

7%4

Howard19.9 mi away

4%2

Brandon51.2 mi away

4%2

Salem7.9 mi away

4%2

Willmar, MN157.7 mi away

2%1

Menno33.8 mi away

2%1

Crooks39.5 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%14

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

How far

How far Spencer commutes

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

38%

39%

20%

4%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

39%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Spencer is a commuter town

0.20jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Spencer are

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

Jobs based in Spencer

11 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less36%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Spencer residents hold

56 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+10%

Jobs based in Spencer, 2013 → 2023: 10 → 11. 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.