Kaylor has 2.7 jobs for every working resident: 27 people commute in to work
Hardly any work in Kaylor; the top destination outside it is Mitchell (20%, 38 miles). 27 jobs are based in Kaylor for 10 working residents. 0% of workers work from home, next to 10% for South Dakota as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Kaylor
On a workday 10 residents head out to work and none work right here.
About 97 people are in Kaylor on a workday afternoon, 21% more 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.
Who travels to work in Kaylor, and from where
Where Kaylor clocks in
Lines 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.
The kinds of work in Kaylor
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Kaylor, 2013 → 2023: 16 → 27. 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 Kaylor’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Kaylor
of Kaylor workers work from home, vs 10% across South Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 44 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.
How far Kaylor’s workers travel
About 20% 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 Kaylor: questions
What is the poverty rate in Kaylor?
6.3%, against 11.9% across South Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Kaylor work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mitchell (20%, 38 mi), Sioux Falls (20%, 61 mi), Niobrara (10%, 32 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Kaylor 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 Kaylor, from the people who make the trip.
More of Kaylor
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.