Work & commute · West Brule

Work & commute in West Brule, SD

Most working residents leave West Brule for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Lower Brule (21%), Fort Thompson (5%) and Chamberlain (4%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 99 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

9 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 95 West Brule residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 17 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in West Brule.

95live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

17work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where West Brule goes to work

Lower Brule2.7 mi away

21%21

Fort Thompson12.1 mi away

5%5

Chamberlain24.4 mi away

4%4

West Brule (in town)right here

4%4

Mitchell83 mi away

3%3

Aberdeen112 mi away

3%3

Sioux Falls149.5 mi away

3%3

Two Strike86.8 mi away

3%3

Hawarden, IA174.5 mi away

1%1

Santee, NE123.8 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%51

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

How far

How far West Brule commutes

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

66%

24%

66%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

West Brule is a commuter town

0.21jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in West Brule are

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

Jobs based in West Brule

21 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities100%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less48%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month10%

Jobs West Brule residents hold

99 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month59%

Over $3,333 a month26%

+40%

Jobs based in West Brule, 2013 → 2023: 15 → 21. 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.