Work & commute · Yankton

Work & commute in Yankton, SD

61% of Yankton’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Sioux Falls (9%), Sioux City (2%) and Vermillion (1%). Half commute less than 2 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

61%

4,561 of 7,452 working residents

Typical commute

2 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

13 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 2,891 Yankton residents head out of town to work, 4,561 work right here, and 5,305 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Yankton.

2,891live here, work elsewhere

4,561live and work here

5,305work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Yankton goes to work

Yankton (in town)right here

61%4,561

Sioux Falls55.9 mi away

9%699

Sioux City, IA57.8 mi away

2%117

Vermillion24.8 mi away

1%111

Brookings102.3 mi away

1%89

Utica5.4 mi away

1%76

Rapid City303.2 mi away

1%65

Mitchell66.5 mi away

1%50

Watertown140 mi away

1%46

Pierre178.8 mi away

1%40

Everywhere elseother towns and states

21%1,598

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

How far

How far Yankton commutes

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

70%

24%

70%Under 10 mi

3%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Yankton is balanced between jobs and homes

1.32jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.32 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Yankton are

9,866 jobs are based in Yankton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Yankton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Yankton

9,866 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Yankton residents hold

7,452 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+9%

Jobs based in Yankton, 2013 → 2023: 9,090 → 9,866. 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.