Work & commute · Summerset

Work & commute in Summerset, SD

Most working residents leave Summerset for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Rapid City (62%), Sturgis (4%) and Blackhawk (3%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

41 of 1,408 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 1,367 Summerset residents head out of town to work, 41 work right here, and 480 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Summerset.

1,367live here, work elsewhere

41live and work here

480work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Summerset goes to work

Rapid City10.4 mi away

62%869

Sturgis16.9 mi away

4%56

Summerset (in town)right here

3%41

Blackhawk2.9 mi away

3%37

Sioux Falls332.2 mi away

2%33

Box Elder14.1 mi away

2%29

Spearfish31.2 mi away

2%22

Pierre150 mi away

1%13

Rapid Valley13.9 mi away

1%11

Deadwood23 mi away

1%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

20%287

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

How far

How far Summerset commutes

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

44%

41%

11%

44%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Summerset is a commuter town

0.37jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Summerset are

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

Jobs based in Summerset

521 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities38%

Services (health, schools, offices…)37%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Summerset residents hold

1,408 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+94%

Jobs based in Summerset, 2013 → 2023: 269 → 521. 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.