Waddell Block · Photo: Jeffrey Beall · CC BY-SA 3.0A job hub: Philip has 2.1 jobs per working resident, and 436 people come in to work
About half work in Philip itself; outside it, Rapid City draws the most (8%, 77 miles). Philip has 560 jobs; 261 of its residents have a job. 0% of workers work from home; South Dakota has 10%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Philip: the gist
Philip’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Philip is Rapid City, 77 miles away as the crow flies. 8% of working residents (21) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Philip is where the jobs are
Philip has 560 jobs, 2.2 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 1,000 people are in town, 40% more than the 740 who live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Philip are quick
The average trip to work takes 5 minutes, against 18 across South Dakota. That’s about 100 hours a year less on the road than the typical South Dakota 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 261 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Miles to work from Philip
About 38% 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.
Who works in Philip, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 137 residents head out to work and 124 work right here.
About 1,000 people are in Philip on a workday afternoon, 40% 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.
A commute of about 5 minutes in Philip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 1.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Philip workers work from home, vs 10% across South Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 260 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.
Who travels to work in Philip, and from where
Where Philip clocks in
8% of workers
4% 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.
What Philip’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Philip, 2013 → 2023: 487 → 560. 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 Philip’s own residents hold wherever they work.
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 Philip: questions
What is the median household income in Philip?
$56,635 (±$24,790) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,081 across South Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Philip?
15.6%, against 11.9% across South Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Philip?
5 minutes each way on average, against 18 across South Dakota and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Philip work?
48% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rapid City (8%, 77 mi), Pierre (4%, 70 mi), Sioux Falls (4%, 248 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Philip without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Philip, from the people who make the trip.
More of Philip
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.