How Long Hollow works: jobs, income and commuting
0% of workers work from home; South Dakota has 10%. Only 6% stay in Long Hollow for work; outside it, Sisseton is the main destination (38%, 5 miles). 72 jobs are based in Long Hollow; 101 of its residents have a job.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Long Hollow
On a workday 95 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 66 people come in from elsewhere.
About 99 people are in Long Hollow on a workday afternoon, 23% fewer than live here.
0.71 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.
Where Long Hollow’s working residents head each day
Where Long Hollow clocks in
38% of workers
6% 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.
68% of the jobs in Long Hollow pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Long Hollow, 2013 → 2023: 15 → 72. 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 Long Hollow’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Long Hollow
of Long Hollow workers work from home, vs 10% across South Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 17 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.
The commute from Long Hollow, by distance
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.
- Two counts of out-of-state work. The Census survey asks workers where they work: 0% of Long Hollow workers work outside South Dakota. The job records count 22% at employers in other states. The records use the address the employer reports and skip the self-employed, so the two can differ.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Long Hollow: questions
What is the poverty rate in Long Hollow?
56.3%, against 11.9% across South Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Long Hollow work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sisseton (38%, 5 mi), Greendale Township (18%, 26 mi), Agency Village (6%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Long Hollow 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 Long Hollow, from the people who make the trip.
More of Long Hollow
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.