Work & commute · White River

Work & commute in White River, SD

About one in 4 of White River’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Rapid City (10%), Mission (10%) and Two Strike (10%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
27%
37 of 135 working residents
Typical commute
19 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
18 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
2%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 98 White River residents head out of town to work, 37 work right here, and 175 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in White River.

98live here, work elsewhere
37live and work here
175work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where White River goes to work

ValentineWoodSt. FrancisMartinWhite RiverMurdoMissionLemmonKadokaWinnerPierreSioux FallsRapid CityNorrisHorse CreekSoldier CreekTwo StrikeRapid CityMissionTwo StrikeSoldier CreekPierreLemmonSioux FallsSt. FrancisKadokaWhite River
1
White River (in town)right here
27%37
2
Rapid City128.1 mi away
10%14
3
Mission18.5 mi away
10%13
4
Two Strike25.6 mi away
10%13
5
Soldier Creek17.9 mi away
5%7
6
Pierre59.7 mi away
4%6
7
Lemmon177.9 mi away
2%3
8
Sioux Falls200.9 mi away
2%3
9
St. Francis30.4 mi away
1%2
10
Kadoka41.9 mi away
1%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
26%35

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

How far

How far White River commutes

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

28%Under 10 mi
27%10–24 mi
18%25–50 mi
27%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

White River is a job hub

1.57jobs per working resident
A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in White River are

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

Jobs based in White River

212 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)0%
Trade, transport & utilities16%
Services (health, schools, offices…)84%
$1,250 a month or less17%
$1,251–$3,333 a month32%
Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs White River residents hold

135 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)5%
Trade, transport & utilities16%
Services (health, schools, offices…)79%
$1,250 a month or less17%
$1,251–$3,333 a month32%
Over $3,333 a month51%
−16%

Jobs based in White River, 2013 → 2023: 251 → 212. 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.

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