Work & commute · Swift Bird

Work & commute in Swift Bird, SD

Most working residents leave Swift Bird for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are North Eagle Butte (33%), Timber Lake (17%) and Eagle Butte (8%). Half commute less than 43 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 36 working residents

Typical commute

43 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 36 Swift Bird residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Swift Bird.

36live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

1work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Swift Bird goes to work

North Eagle Butte42.9 mi away

33%12

Timber Lake43.2 mi away

17%6

Eagle Butte43.1 mi away

8%3

Isabel57.3 mi away

6%2

Tyndall189.1 mi away

3%1

Huron115.8 mi away

3%1

Mitchell146.7 mi away

3%1

Sioux Falls207.6 mi away

3%1

Rapid City156.6 mi away

3%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

22%8

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

How far

How far Swift Bird commutes

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

67%

31%

0%Under 10 mi

3%10–24 mi

67%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Swift Bird is a commuter town

0.03jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Swift Bird are

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

Jobs based in Swift Bird

1 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 month0%

Over $3,333 a month100%

Jobs Swift Bird residents hold

36 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+0%

Jobs based in Swift Bird, 2013 → 2023: 1 → 1. 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.