Angostura has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
0% of workers have no commute at all, next to 10% for South Dakota as a whole. There are 6 jobs in Angostura, against 52 working residents. Hardly any work in Angostura itself; outside it, Hot Springs draws the most (29%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Angostura for work, and who comes in
On a workday 52 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 6 people come in from elsewhere.
About 98 people are in Angostura on a workday afternoon, 32% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Where people from Angostura work
Where Angostura clocks in
29% of workers
8% of workers
6% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
The kinds of work in Angostura
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Angostura, 2014 → 2024: 30 → 6. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Angostura’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Angostura
of Angostura workers work from home, vs 10% across South Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 53 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across South Dakota: 85% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Miles to work from Angostura
About 37% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Angostura: questions
What is the median household income in Angostura?
$104,688 (±$36,217) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,081 across South Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Angostura?
0.0%, against 11.9% across South Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Angostura work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hot Springs (29%, 7 mi), Rapid City (8%, 52 mi), Edgemont (6%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Angostura without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Angostura, from the people who make the trip.
More of Angostura
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.