Work & commute · Tripp

Work & commute in Tripp, SD

Most working residents leave Tripp for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Parkston (13%), Sioux Falls (12%) and Mitchell (6%). Half commute less than 34 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12 of 179 working residents

Typical commute

34 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 167 Tripp residents head out of town to work, 12 work right here, and 78 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tripp.

167live here, work elsewhere

12live and work here

78work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tripp goes to work

Parkston11.6 mi away

13%24

Sioux Falls65.7 mi away

12%22

Tripp (in town)right here

7%12

Mitchell34.9 mi away

6%10

Tyndall17.1 mi away

4%7

Rapid City269 mi away

4%7

Yankton37.1 mi away

3%6

Olivet14.7 mi away

3%5

Scotland13.5 mi away

2%4

Susquehanna11.8 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%78

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

How far

How far Tripp commutes

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

15%

26%

18%

41%

15%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

41%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tripp is a commuter town

0.50jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Tripp are

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

Jobs based in Tripp

90 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Tripp residents hold

179 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−30%

Jobs based in Tripp, 2013 → 2023: 128 → 90. 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.