There are 30.5 jobs in Batesland for every working resident, and 396 people commute in
Hardly any work in Batesland itself; outside it, Pine Ridge draws the most (31%, 24 miles). There are 396 jobs in Batesland, and 13 of its residents work somewhere. Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers; South Dakota has 10%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Batesland for work, and who comes in
On a workday 13 residents head out to work and none work right here.
About 460 people are in Batesland on a workday afternoon, 525% more than live here.
30.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The towns that send workers to Batesland
Where Batesland clocks in
31% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Batesland
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Batesland, 2013 → 2023: 22 → 396. 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 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Batesland’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Batesland
of Batesland workers work from home, vs 10% across South Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 18 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.
The commute from Batesland, by distance
About 23% 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 2023.
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 2023, 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 Batesland: questions
What is the poverty rate in Batesland?
34.8%, against 11.9% across South Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Batesland work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pine Ridge (31%, 24 mi), Hartford (8%, 262 mi), Ashland (8%, 268 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Batesland 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 Batesland, from the people who make the trip.
More of Batesland
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, 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.