Work & commute · Timber Lake

Work & commute in Timber Lake, SD

About one in 5 of Timber Lake’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are North Eagle Butte (24%), Eagle Butte (13%) and Isabel (6%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22%

36 of 165 working residents

Typical commute

30 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 129 Timber Lake residents head out of town to work, 36 work right here, and 413 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Timber Lake.

129live here, work elsewhere

36live and work here

413work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Timber Lake goes to work

North Eagle Butte29.2 mi away

24%40

Timber Lake (in town)right here

22%36

Eagle Butte31 mi away

13%21

Isabel17.6 mi away

6%10

Mobridge31.8 mi away

2%4

Sioux Falls250.5 mi away

2%4

Rapid City141.1 mi away

2%4

Pierre81.6 mi away

2%3

Hoven64.2 mi away

1%2

St. Paul, MN389.2 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%40

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

How far

How far Timber Lake commutes

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

24%

11%

45%

20%

24%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

45%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Timber Lake is a job hub

2.72jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Timber Lake are

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

Jobs based in Timber Lake

449 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)87%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Timber Lake residents hold

165 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−16%

Jobs based in Timber Lake, 2013 → 2023: 537 → 449. 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.