Work & commute · Twin Lake

Work & commute in Twin Lake, SD

Most working residents leave Twin Lake for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Mitchell (21%), Woonsocket (15%) and Vermillion (9%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 33 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 33 Twin Lake residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 13 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Twin Lake.

33live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

13work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Twin Lake goes to work

Mitchell21.6 mi away

21%7

Woonsocket4.5 mi away

15%5

Vermillion107.6 mi away

9%3

Huron26.1 mi away

9%3

Presho88.6 mi away

6%2

Brookings77.2 mi away

6%2

Sioux Falls83.3 mi away

6%2

Murdo121.2 mi away

3%1

Letcher9.1 mi away

3%1

Crooks77 mi away

3%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

18%6

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

How far

How far Twin Lake commutes

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

18%

33%

39%

18%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

39%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Twin Lake is a commuter town

0.39jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Twin Lake are

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

Jobs based in Twin Lake

13 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities54%

Services (health, schools, offices…)8%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Twin Lake residents hold

33 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less30%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−24%

Jobs based in Twin Lake, 2013 → 2023: 17 → 13. 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.