Work & commute · Veblen

Work & commute in Veblen, SD

Most working residents leave Veblen for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Britton (19%), Sisseton (17%) and Pleasant Valley (6%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 69 working residents

Typical commute

22 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 65 Veblen residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 176 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Veblen.

65live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

176work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Veblen goes to work

Britton23.4 mi away

19%13

Sisseton18.5 mi away

17%12

Pleasant Valley19 mi away

6%4

Red Iron Lake12.3 mi away

6%4

Veblen (in town)right here

6%4

Waubay33.3 mi away

4%3

Weston33 mi away

4%3

Aberdeen63.8 mi away

3%2

Rapid City315.6 mi away

3%2

Greendale, ND22.9 mi away

3%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%20

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

How far

How far Veblen commutes

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

57%

20%

16%

7%Under 10 mi

57%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Veblen is a job hub

2.61jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Veblen are

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

Jobs based in Veblen

180 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)100%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less2%

$1,251–$3,333 a month4%

Over $3,333 a month94%

Jobs Veblen residents hold

69 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+5900%

Jobs based in Veblen, 2013 → 2023: 3 → 180. 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.