Ziebach County Courthouse · Photo: Jeff the quiet · CC0Dupree has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Dupree has 19 jobs for 106 working residents. Only 3% work in Dupree; the top destination outside it is North Eagle Butte (38%, 18 miles). 0% of workers work from home, against 10% across South Dakota.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Dupree
On a workday 103 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 16 people come in from elsewhere.
About 410 people are in Dupree on a workday afternoon, 18% 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 Dupree goes to work
Where Dupree clocks in
15% 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.
74% of the jobs in Dupree pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dupree, 2013 → 2023: 41 → 19. 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 Dupree’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 19 minutes each way, about the SD average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dupree workers work from home, vs 10% across South Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 236 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 distance from Dupree to work
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 Dupree: questions
What is the median household income in Dupree?
$53,958 (±$10,218) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,081 across South Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dupree?
27.5%, against 11.9% across South Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dupree?
19 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 Dupree work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are North Eagle Butte (38%, 18 mi), Eagle Butte (15%, 18 mi), Timber Lake (7%, 37 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Dupree without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 11% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Dupree, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dupree
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.