Work & commute · Torrey Lake

Work & commute in Torrey Lake, SD

Most working residents leave Torrey Lake for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Sioux Falls (16%), Kimball (13%) and Platte (7%). Half commute less than 54 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 70 working residents

Typical commute

54 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 68 Torrey Lake residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 9 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Torrey Lake.

68live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

9work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Torrey Lake goes to work

Sioux Falls107.2 mi away

16%11

Kimball15.6 mi away

13%9

Platte9.9 mi away

7%5

Chamberlain29.5 mi away

7%5

Yankton86.6 mi away

4%3

Madison93.9 mi away

3%2

Chamberlain28 mi away

3%2

Torrey Lake (in town)right here

3%2

Pukwana25.6 mi away

3%2

Kimball14.8 mi away

3%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%27

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

How far

How far Torrey Lake commutes

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

19%

21%

51%

9%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

51%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Torrey Lake is a commuter town

0.16jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Torrey Lake are

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

Jobs based in Torrey Lake

11 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)64%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)36%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month9%

Over $3,333 a month73%

Jobs Torrey Lake residents hold

70 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+83%

Jobs based in Torrey Lake, 2013 → 2023: 6 → 11. 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.