Most of La Bolt commutes out: there are 0.6 jobs for every working resident
Employers in La Bolt report 20 jobs for 35 working residents. Hardly any work in La Bolt; the top destination outside it is Milbank (31%, 12 miles). For 2% of workers, the job is at home, against 10% across South Dakota.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves La Bolt for work, and who comes in
On a workday 35 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 20 people come in from elsewhere.
About 47 people are in La Bolt on a workday afternoon, 24% 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.
The towns that employ La Bolt’s residents
Where La Bolt clocks in
31% of workers
9% 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.
85% of the jobs in La Bolt pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in La Bolt, 2013 → 2023: 18 → 20. 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 La Bolt’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 23 minutes in La Bolt
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of La Bolt workers work from home, vs 10% across South Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 44 commuters (the 2% 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 many miles La Bolt commutes
About 31% 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 La Bolt: questions
What is the median household income in La Bolt?
$71,667 (±$25,554) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,081 across South Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in La Bolt?
7.5%, against 11.9% across South Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from La Bolt?
23 minutes each way on average, against 18 across South Dakota and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in La Bolt work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Milbank (31%, 12 mi), Watertown (9%, 25 mi), Vernon Township (9%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around La Bolt 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 La Bolt, from the people who make the trip.
More of La Bolt
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.