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Jobs & commute in Kidder

Work means Britton for about two in five of Kidder’s working residents

The Census job records count 14 working residents of Kidder and no jobs based in it. For 0% of workers, the job is at home, against 10% across South Dakota. Hardly any stay in Kidder for work; outside it, Britton is the main destination (43%, 6 miles).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

How a workday changes Kidder

On a workday 14 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.

14live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
0work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night8
Workday0
8live here− 14head out to work+ 0come in to work= 0on a workday

About 0 people are in Kidder on a workday afternoon, 100% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.00jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

0.00 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 commute map

The places Kidder commutes to

Bismarck: 1 residents work here (7%)Pierpont: 1 residents work here (7%)Britton: 6 residents work here (43%)Clark: 1 residents work here (7%)Pierre: 2 residents work here (14%)Aberdeen: 1 residents work here (7%)Sioux Falls: 1 residents work here (7%)Miller Township: 1 residents work here (7%)KidderBrittonPierreBismarckPierpontClarkAberdeenKidder
1
Britton6.5 mi away
43%6
2
Pierre164.2 mi away
14%2
3
Bismarck, ND159.3 mi away
7%1
4
Pierpont27.3 mi away
7%1
5
Clark69.2 mi away
7%1
6
Aberdeen46.4 mi away
7%1
7
Sioux Falls168.8 mi away
7%1
8
Miller Township6.4 mi away
7%1
The top trips

Where Kidder 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.

Time on the road

Working from home in Kidder

Working from home
0%

of Kidder workers work from home, vs 10% across South Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Kidder gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 8 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

How far it is to work from Kidder

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miBritton: 43% · 6.5 miPierre: 14% · 164.2 miBismarck: 7% · 159.3 miPierpont: 7% · 27.3 miClark: 7% · 69.2 miAberdeen: 7% · 46.4 miSioux Falls: 7% · 168.8 miMiller Township: 7% · 6.4 miBritton 43%Pierre 14%Bismarck 7%Pierpont 7%Clark 7%Kidder
KidderTop destinations (size = commuters)
50%Under 10 mi7 residents
0%10–24 mi0 residents
14%25–50 mi2 residents
36%Over 50 mi5 residents

About 36% 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.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Kidder: questions

What is the poverty rate in Kidder?

0.0%, against 11.9% across South Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Kidder work?

0% work in town.

Can you get around Kidder without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 100% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Kidder, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Kidder

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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.