Work & commute · Vermillion

Work & commute in Vermillion, SD

48% of Vermillion’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Sioux Falls (14%), Yankton (6%) and Sioux City (3%). Half commute less than 2 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

48%

1,903 of 3,999 working residents

Typical commute

2 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 2,096 Vermillion residents head out of town to work, 1,903 work right here, and 2,566 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Vermillion.

2,096live here, work elsewhere

1,903live and work here

2,566work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Vermillion goes to work

Vermillion (in town)right here

48%1,903

Sioux Falls53.3 mi away

14%550

Yankton24.8 mi away

6%235

Sioux City, IA33.7 mi away

3%121

Vermillion1.6 mi away

3%116

Brookings105.4 mi away

1%59

Elk Point14.2 mi away

1%49

Rapid City328 mi away

1%42

Mitchell86.2 mi away

1%41

North Sioux City27.7 mi away

1%36

Everywhere elseother towns and states

21%847

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

How far

How far Vermillion commutes

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

52%

13%

28%

52%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Vermillion is balanced between jobs and homes

1.12jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.12 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Vermillion are

4,469 jobs are based in Vermillion. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Vermillion’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Vermillion

4,469 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Vermillion residents hold

3,999 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+1%

Jobs based in Vermillion, 2013 → 2023: 4,445 → 4,469. 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.