Photo: User:Magicpiano · CC BY-SA 4.0Jobs, pay and the trip to work in Edgemont
Commuters spend 16 minutes getting to work on average; South Dakota averages 18, the U.S. 26. About one in ten stay in Edgemont for work; outside it, Hot Springs is the main destination (29%, 20 miles). Employers in Edgemont report 150 jobs; 239 of its residents have a job.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Edgemont apart on work
Edgemont and Hot Springs trade workers both ways
Hot Springs is the top workplace for Edgemont residents (29%) and also where the most people who work in Edgemont come from (13% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
A big share show a job far from home
40% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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 239 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Out of Edgemont to work: where people go
Where Edgemont clocks in
29% of workers
10% 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 far it is to work from Edgemont
About 40% 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.
A workday in Edgemont: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 216 residents head out to work, 23 work right here, and 127 people come in from elsewhere.
About 680 people are in Edgemont on a workday afternoon, 12% fewer than live here.
0.63 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.
The kinds of work in Edgemont
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Edgemont, 2013 → 2023: 164 → 150. 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 Edgemont’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Edgemont’s commute takes about 16 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Edgemont workers work from home, vs 10% across South Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 326 commuters (the 9% 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.
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 Edgemont: questions
What is the median household income in Edgemont?
$62,692 (±$21,400) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,081 across South Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Edgemont?
23.5%, against 11.9% across South Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Edgemont?
16 minutes each way on average, against 18 across South Dakota and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Edgemont work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hot Springs (29%, 20 mi), Rapid City (10%, 62 mi), Sioux Falls (3%, 357 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Edgemont without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Edgemont, from the people who make the trip.
More of Edgemont
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.