For more than half of its working residents, Johnson Siding is a commute to Rapid City
Employers in Johnson Siding report 26 jobs; 255 of its residents have a job. Hardly any stay in Johnson Siding for work; outside it, Rapid City is the main destination (52%, 11 miles). The trip to work takes 26 minutes on average; South Dakota averages 18, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Johnson Siding
More than half of Johnson Siding works in Rapid City
133 working residents, 52%, have their main job in Rapid City, 11 miles away. That’s 52 times as many as work in Johnson Siding itself. The commute map ↓
Johnson Siding is a place people come home to
There are 26 jobs based in Johnson Siding, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Johnson Siding has about 480 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Johnson Siding workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 26 minutes each way, against 18 across South Dakota. Over a year that’s about 199 hours of commuting, 61 more than the state’s typical worker. 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 255 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where the trip to work from Johnson Siding ends
Where Johnson Siding clocks in
52% of workers
14% 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.
In and out of Johnson Siding on a workday
On a workday 253 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 24 people come in from elsewhere.
About 480 people are in Johnson Siding on a workday afternoon, 33% fewer than live here.
0.10 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.
About 26 minutes to work from Johnson Siding
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Johnson Siding workers work from home, vs 10% across South Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 339 commuters (the 10% 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 Johnson Siding’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Johnson Siding, 2013 → 2023: 22 → 26. 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 Johnson Siding’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Johnson Siding
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 Johnson Siding: questions
What is the median household income in Johnson Siding?
$102,716 (±$47,941) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,081 across South Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Johnson Siding?
10.2%, against 11.9% across South Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Johnson Siding?
26 minutes each way on average, against 18 across South Dakota and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Johnson Siding work?
1% work in town.
Can you get around Johnson Siding 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 Johnson Siding, from the people who make the trip.
More of Johnson Siding
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.