Work & commute · Spring Creek Colony

Work & commute in Spring Creek Colony, SD

Most working residents leave Spring Creek Colony for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Eureka (21%), Leola (11%) and Bowdle (6%). Half commute less than 37 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 66 working residents

Typical commute

37 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

8 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 65 Spring Creek Colony residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Spring Creek Colony.

65live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

3work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Spring Creek Colony goes to work

Eureka36.9 mi away

21%14

Leola13.2 mi away

11%7

Bowdle49 mi away

6%4

Aberdeen36.5 mi away

6%4

Sioux Falls194.6 mi away

6%4

Long Lake16 mi away

5%3

Roscoe38.5 mi away

3%2

Watertown108.4 mi away

3%2

Fort Dodge, IA330.7 mi away

2%1

Ellendale, ND18.3 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%24

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

How far

How far Spring Creek Colony commutes

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

22%

44%

33%

2%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

44%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Spring Creek Colony is a commuter town

0.06jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Spring Creek Colony are

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

Jobs based in Spring Creek Colony

4 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month50%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Spring Creek Colony residents hold

66 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month48%

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.