Work & commute · Split Rock

Work & commute in Split Rock, SD

Most working residents leave Split Rock for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Sioux Falls (72%), Brandon (7%) and Delapre (1%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22 of 1,846 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,824 Split Rock residents head out of town to work, 22 work right here, and 427 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Split Rock.

1,824live here, work elsewhere

22live and work here

427work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Split Rock goes to work

Sioux Falls7.5 mi away

72%1,327

Brandon3 mi away

7%123

Delapre14.8 mi away

1%23

Split Rock (in town)right here

1%20

Harrisburg10.3 mi away

1%18

Rapid City332.7 mi away

1%18

Sioux City, IA73.5 mi away

1%16

Tea13.8 mi away

1%15

Vermillion55.8 mi away

1%12

Brookings53.1 mi away

1%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

14%262

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

How far

How far Split Rock commutes

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

79%

10%

79%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Split Rock is a commuter town

0.24jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Split Rock are

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

Jobs based in Split Rock

449 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)45%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Split Rock residents hold

1,846 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month72%

+16%

Jobs based in Split Rock, 2013 → 2023: 386 → 449. 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.