Most of Cherry Creek commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
0% of workers work from home (South Dakota 10%). 21 jobs are based in Cherry Creek, against 73 working residents. Only 1% work in Cherry Creek; the top destination outside it is North Eagle Butte (37%, 32 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Cherry Creek quiets down on a workday
On a workday 72 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 20 people come in from elsewhere.
About 170 people are in Cherry Creek on a workday afternoon, 23% 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 2023, primary jobs.
Where Cherry Creek’s working residents head each day
Where Cherry Creek clocks in
14% of workers
12% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Cherry Creek
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Cherry Creek’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Cherry Creek: about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cherry Creek workers work from home, vs 10% across South Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 67 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.
Half of Cherry Creek commutes less than 31 miles
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 Cherry Creek: questions
What is the poverty rate in Cherry Creek?
21.9%, against 11.9% across South Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cherry Creek?
28 minutes each way on average, against 18 across South Dakota and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cherry Creek work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are North Eagle Butte (37%, 32 mi), Eagle Butte (14%, 30 mi), Faith (12%, 39 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Cherry Creek without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 36% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cherry Creek, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cherry Creek
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.