Work & commute · Sturgis

Work & commute in Sturgis, SD

About one in 3 of Sturgis’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Rapid City (20%), Spearfish (7%) and Deadwood (7%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

33%

1,067 of 3,279 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 2,212 Sturgis residents head out of town to work, 1,067 work right here, and 1,696 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sturgis.

2,212live here, work elsewhere

1,067live and work here

1,696work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sturgis goes to work

Sturgis (in town)right here

33%1,067

Rapid City27.3 mi away

20%640

Spearfish16.6 mi away

7%241

Deadwood11 mi away

7%219

Sioux Falls341.7 mi away

2%52

Lead13.8 mi away

1%48

Belle Fourche24.9 mi away

1%39

Box Elder29.2 mi away

1%34

Pierre157 mi away

1%29

Summerset16.9 mi away

1%19

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%891

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

How far

How far Sturgis commutes

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

44%

24%

22%

11%

44%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sturgis is balanced between jobs and homes

0.84jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.84 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Sturgis are

2,763 jobs are based in Sturgis. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sturgis’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Sturgis

2,763 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Sturgis residents hold

3,279 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+15%

Jobs based in Sturgis, 2013 → 2023: 2,408 → 2,763. 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.