Work & commute · Tolstoy

Work & commute in Tolstoy, SD

Most working residents leave Tolstoy for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Gettysburg (55%) and Hoven (9%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

2 of 11 working residents

Typical commute

21 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 9 Tolstoy residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 34 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tolstoy.

9live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

34work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tolstoy goes to work

Gettysburg21.7 mi away

55%6

Tolstoy (in town)right here

18%2

Hoven8.3 mi away

9%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

18%2

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

How far

How far Tolstoy commutes

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

27%

55%

18%

27%Under 10 mi

55%10–24 mi

0%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tolstoy is a job hub

3.27jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Tolstoy are

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

Jobs based in Tolstoy

36 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Tolstoy residents hold

11 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month64%

−29%

Jobs based in Tolstoy, 2013 → 2023: 51 → 36. 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.