Work & commute · Stena

Work & commute in Stena, SD

Most working residents leave Stena for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Britton (21%), Miller (10%) and Sioux Falls (7%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 68 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

25%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 67 Stena residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 25 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Stena.

67live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

25work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Stena goes to work

Britton7.4 mi away

21%14

Miller5.2 mi away

10%7

Sioux Falls166.3 mi away

7%5

Aberdeen35.6 mi away

6%4

Weston6.1 mi away

6%4

Langford14.1 mi away

4%3

Sisseton42.6 mi away

4%3

Pleasant Valley11.7 mi away

4%3

Cottonwood, MN135.9 mi away

1%1

Glendive, MT336.1 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%23

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

How far

How far Stena commutes

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

46%

21%

25%

46%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Stena is a commuter town

0.38jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Stena are

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

Jobs based in Stena

26 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities96%

Services (health, schools, offices…)4%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month12%

Over $3,333 a month81%

Jobs Stena residents hold

68 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−30%

Jobs based in Stena, 2013 → 2023: 37 → 26. 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.