Work & commute · Wounded Knee

Work & commute in Wounded Knee, SD

Most working residents leave Wounded Knee for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Batesland (5%), Pine Ridge (5%) and Porcupine (5%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 38 working residents

Typical commute

16 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 36 Wounded Knee residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 388 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wounded Knee.

36live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

388work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wounded Knee goes to work

Batesland13.5 mi away

5%2

Wounded Knee (in town)right here

5%2

Pine Ridge12.3 mi away

5%2

Porcupine8.8 mi away

5%2

Bismarck, ND265.4 mi away

3%1

Mellette236.8 mi away

3%1

Hot Springs58.5 mi away

3%1

Wanblee46.2 mi away

3%1

North Eagle Butte141.5 mi away

3%1

Oglala17.5 mi away

3%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

63%24

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

How far

How far Wounded Knee commutes

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

11%

66%

11%

13%

11%Under 10 mi

66%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wounded Knee is a job hub

10.26jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wounded Knee are

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

Jobs based in Wounded Knee

390 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less2%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month84%

Jobs Wounded Knee residents hold

38 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)89%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month47%

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.