Work & commute · Theresa

Work & commute in Theresa, SD

Most working residents leave Theresa for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Huron (41%), Mitchell (5%) and Aberdeen (4%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 193 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 191 Theresa residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 87 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Theresa.

191live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

87work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Theresa goes to work

Huron5 mi away

41%80

Mitchell49 mi away

5%10

Aberdeen73 mi away

4%8

Sioux Falls97.8 mi away

4%8

Alpena16.7 mi away

3%5

Hitchcock16 mi away

2%4

Wolsey9.7 mi away

2%4

Brookings74.1 mi away

2%4

Watertown64.8 mi away

2%4

Clyde6.7 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%62

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

How far

How far Theresa commutes

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

47%

10%

33%

47%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Theresa is a commuter town

0.46jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Theresa are

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

Jobs based in Theresa

89 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities65%

Services (health, schools, offices…)15%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month79%

Jobs Theresa residents hold

193 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+305%

Jobs based in Theresa, 2013 → 2023: 22 → 89. 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.