Black Hills National Cemetery · Photo: Dave Golterman · CC BY-SA 3.0Work means Rapid City for more than half of Blucksberg Mountain’s working residents
Blucksberg Mountain has 22 jobs, against 249 working residents. 20% of workers have no commute at all (South Dakota 10%). Hardly any work in Blucksberg Mountain; the top destination outside it is Rapid City (53%, 23 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Blucksberg Mountain apart on work
More than half of Blucksberg Mountain works in Rapid City
131 working residents, 53%, have their main job in Rapid City, 23 miles away. That’s far more as work in Blucksberg Mountain itself. The commute map ↓
Blucksberg Mountain is a place people come home to
There are 22 jobs based in Blucksberg Mountain, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Blucksberg Mountain has about 470 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of Blucksberg Mountain works from home
20% of Blucksberg Mountain workers work from home, against 10% across South Dakota. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 249 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The places Blucksberg Mountain commutes to
Where Blucksberg Mountain clocks in
53% of workers
7% of workers
5% 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.
How many people are in Blucksberg Mountain by day
On a workday 249 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 22 people come in from elsewhere.
About 470 people are in Blucksberg Mountain on a workday afternoon, 33% fewer than live here.
0.09 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute 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.
Working from home in Blucksberg Mountain
of Blucksberg Mountain workers work from home, vs 10% across South Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 305 commuters (the 20% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 45% of the jobs in Blucksberg Mountain
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Blucksberg Mountain, 2013 → 2023: 52 → 22. 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 Blucksberg Mountain’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Blucksberg Mountain works
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 Blucksberg Mountain: questions
What is the median household income in Blucksberg Mountain?
$89,500 (±$15,245) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,081 across South Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Blucksberg Mountain?
4.3%, against 11.9% across South Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Blucksberg Mountain work?
0% work in town.
Can you get around Blucksberg Mountain 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 Blucksberg Mountain, from the people who make the trip.
More of Blucksberg Mountain
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.