Work & commute · Wanblee

Work & commute in Wanblee, SD

Most working residents leave Wanblee for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Rapid City (9%), Martin (2%) and Herreid (2%). Half commute less than 59 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

15 of 93 working residents

Typical commute

59 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 78 Wanblee residents head out of town to work, 15 work right here, and 114 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wanblee.

78live here, work elsewhere

15live and work here

114work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wanblee goes to work

Wanblee (in town)right here

16%15

Rapid City84.9 mi away

9%8

Martin27.6 mi away

2%2

Herreid174.9 mi away

2%2

Wounded Knee46.2 mi away

2%2

Denver, CO311.2 mi away

1%1

St. Paul, MN433.8 mi away

1%1

Gordon, NE59.5 mi away

1%1

Alliance, NE118.7 mi away

1%1

Bismarck, ND228.3 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

63%59

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

How far

How far Wanblee commutes

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

18%

14%

62%

18%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

62%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wanblee is balanced between jobs and homes

1.39jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.39 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Wanblee are

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

Jobs based in Wanblee

129 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)92%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Wanblee residents hold

93 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month40%

+102%

Jobs based in Wanblee, 2013 → 2023: 64 → 129. 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.