Work, pay and getting to work in Bullhead
The trip to work takes 25 minutes on average (South Dakota 18, U.S. 26). At home: 30% of workers have no commute at all (South Dakota 10%). Hardly any work in Bullhead; the top destination outside it is Timber Lake (15%, 24 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Bullhead
On a workday 47 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 250 people are in Bullhead on a workday afternoon, 16% fewer than live here.
0.00 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.
Where people from Bullhead work
Where Bullhead clocks in
11% 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.
About 25 minutes each way, longer than most of South Dakota
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bullhead workers work from home, vs 10% across South Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 38 commuters (the 30% 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.
Where in the region Bullhead works
About 38% 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 Bullhead: questions
What is the median household income in Bullhead?
$32,589 (±$19,737) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,081 across South Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bullhead?
67.0%, against 11.9% across South Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bullhead?
25 minutes each way on average, against 18 across South Dakota and 26 nationally. 30% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bullhead work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Timber Lake (15%, 24 mi), McLaughlin (11%, 13 mi), McIntosh (9%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Bullhead without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 14% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bullhead, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bullhead
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.