Work & commute · Three Rivers

Work & commute in Three Rivers, SD

Most working residents leave Three Rivers for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Redfield (23%), Aberdeen (23%) and Hitchcock (8%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 13 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

28%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 13 Three Rivers residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 107 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Three Rivers.

13live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

107work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Three Rivers goes to work

Redfield4.7 mi away

23%3

Aberdeen36.3 mi away

23%3

Hitchcock22.4 mi away

8%1

Tulare14.1 mi away

8%1

Elkton112.2 mi away

8%1

Watertown67.4 mi away

8%1

Athol7.8 mi away

8%1

Highland30.8 mi away

8%1

Wolsey36.4 mi away

8%1

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

How far

How far Three Rivers commutes

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

31%

15%

38%

15%

31%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

38%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Three Rivers is a job hub

8.23jobs per working resident

A job hub

8.2 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Three Rivers are

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

Jobs based in Three Rivers

107 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)42%

Trade, transport & utilities48%

Services (health, schools, offices…)10%

$1,250 a month or less3%

$1,251–$3,333 a month7%

Over $3,333 a month90%

Jobs Three Rivers residents hold

13 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities38%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+0%

Jobs based in Three Rivers, 2013 → 2023: 107 → 107. 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.