Spotted Tail Gravesite · Photo: Ammodramus · CC0Rosebud has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Jobs & income D−: better than 2% of U.S. towns on income, poverty and job access.
Walkability C+: more walkable than 43% of U.S. towns.
Household incomes here are lower than in 81% of U.S. towns. Working residents average 12 minutes each way (South Dakota 18, U.S. 26). Only 2% work in Rosebud; the top destination outside it is Two Strike (36%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Rosebud, in brief
Most Rosebud residents work close to home
77% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about three in four. How far ↓
36% of Rosebud works in Two Strike
81 working residents, 36%, have their main job in Two Strike, 5 miles away across the town line. That’s 18 times as many as work in Rosebud itself. The commute map ↓
Rosebud is a place people come home to
There are 54 jobs based in Rosebud, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. Day and night ↓
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 224 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Rosebud’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Rosebud is better than 2% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Rosebud’s grade up ($55,135, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (near the bottom of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (16.3%) is left out: Rosebud’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Rosebud could be anywhere from D− to C.
Half of Rosebud commutes less than 6 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
36% of working residents work in Two Strike
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Rosebud clocks in
Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Rosebud quiets down on a workday
On a workday 220 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 50 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,500 people are in Rosebud on a workday afternoon, 10% fewer than live here.
0.24 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.
What the 54 jobs in Rosebud are
54 jobs are based in Rosebud. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Rosebud’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rosebud, 2013 → 2023: 13 → 54. 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.
About 12 minutes each way, quicker than most of South Dakota
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 3.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Rosebud workers work from home, vs 10% across South Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 513 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.
Most trips from Rosebud start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Rosebud is more walkable than 43% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 7.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 4.3% across South Dakota, on an EPA index of 3.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 513 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.1% of Rosebud households have no vehicle (South Dakota 5.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Rosebud’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Rosebud compares with U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,200
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Rosebud, the top three, the last and three more from South Dakota.
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 76 | Delapre Township SD | 2,053 | $141K | 1.2% | 0.0% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 171 | Wall Lake Township SD | 1,210 | $129K | 0.0% | 0.0% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 229 | Jefferson Township SD | 1,207 | $196K | 2.0% | 3.6% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 5,209 | Royal City WA | 1,896 | $50K | 35.8% | 18.0% | 16% | D− |
| 5,210 | Pirtleville AZ | 1,939 | $49K | 30.5% | 16.4% | <1% | D− |
| 5,211 | Rosebud SD | 1,659 | $55K | 38.2% | 16.3% | 2% | D− |
| 5,212 | Linden AL | 1,801 | $39K | 23.1% | 15.1% | 10% | D− |
| 5,213 | Harlan KY | 1,822 | $32K | 33.1% | 12.0% | 17% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,381 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
36% of Rosebud works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Two Strike (36%). Darker towns draw more of Rosebud’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Rosebud workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rosebud | – | D− | C+ | 12 min | $55,135 |
| Two Strike | 36% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Two Strike: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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 Rosebud: questions
What is the median household income in Rosebud?
$55,135 (±$14,075) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,081 across South Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rosebud?
38.2%, against 11.9% across South Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rosebud?
12 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 Rosebud work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Two Strike (36%, 5 mi), St. Francis (24%, 8 mi), Soldier Creek (12%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Rosebud walkable?
Rosebud is more walkable than 43% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 3.0 out of 20, and 8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Rosebud without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Rosebud, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rosebud
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.