Work & commute · St. Lawrence

Work & commute in St. Lawrence, SD

Most working residents leave St. Lawrence for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Miller (17%), Highmore (7%) and Sioux Falls (7%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

4 of 30 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 26 St. Lawrence residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 60 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in St. Lawrence.

26live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

60work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where St. Lawrence goes to work

Miller5.7 mi away

17%5

St. Lawrence (in town)right here

13%4

Highmore28 mi away

7%2

Sioux Falls125.5 mi away

7%2

Miller7 mi away

7%2

Ellendale, ND105 mi away

3%1

Gregory92.2 mi away

3%1

Redfield30.8 mi away

3%1

Fort Pierre75.1 mi away

3%1

Huron34.1 mi away

3%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%10

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

How far

How far St. Lawrence commutes

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

40%

20%

33%

40%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

St. Lawrence is a job hub

2.13jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in St. Lawrence are

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

Jobs based in St. Lawrence

64 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)47%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month11%

Over $3,333 a month84%

Jobs St. Lawrence residents hold

30 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+178%

Jobs based in St. Lawrence, 2013 → 2023: 23 → 64. 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.