For about two in three of its working residents, Shindler is a commute to Sioux Falls
Working residents average 28 minutes each way, where South Dakota has 18 and the U.S. 26. Home is the office for 1% of workers, next to 10% for South Dakota as a whole. Hardly any work in Shindler itself; outside it, Sioux Falls draws the most (68%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Shindler at work: what stands out
More than half of Shindler works in Sioux Falls
254 working residents, 68%, have their main job in Sioux Falls, 7 miles away. That’s far more as work in Shindler itself. The commute map ↓
Most Shindler residents work close to home
75% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about three in four. How far ↓
Shindler is a place people come home to
There are 34 jobs based in Shindler, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Shindler has about 240 people in it, 59% fewer than live here. 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 375 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where the trip to work from Shindler ends
Where Shindler 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.
Where in the region Shindler works
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.
A workday in Shindler: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 374 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 33 people come in from elsewhere.
About 240 people are in Shindler on a workday afternoon, 59% fewer than live here.
0.09 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.
Making and building: 29% of jobs based in Shindler
34 jobs are based in Shindler.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Shindler, 2013 → 2023: 27 → 34. 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 Shindler’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Shindler: about 28 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Shindler workers work from home, vs 10% across South Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 281 commuters (the 1% 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.
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 Shindler: questions
What is the median household income in Shindler?
$146,154 (±$30,766) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,081 across South Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Shindler?
0.0%, against 11.9% across South Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Shindler?
28 minutes each way on average, against 18 across South Dakota and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Shindler work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sioux Falls (68%, 7 mi), Harrisburg (4%, 4 mi), Delapre Township (4%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Shindler 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 Shindler, from the people who make the trip.
More of Shindler
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.