St. Francis Mission · Photo: Ammodramus · CC0St. Francis has 6.3 jobs for every working resident: 424 people commute in to work
Commuters spend 16 minutes getting to work on average; South Dakota averages 18, the U.S. 26. St. Francis has 442 jobs, and 70 of its residents work somewhere. About one in four stay in St. Francis for work; outside it, Two Strike is the main destination (31%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of St. Francis, and who commutes in
On a workday 52 residents head out to work and 18 work right here.
About 820 people are in St. Francis on a workday afternoon, 83% 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.
The daily trip into St. Francis
Where St. Francis clocks in
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.
St. Francis is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in St. Francis, 2013 → 2023: 1,221 → 442. 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 St. Francis’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 16 minutes in St. Francis
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of St. Francis workers work from home, vs 10% across South Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 174 commuters (the 5% 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.
St. Francis’ commute, mile by mile
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 St. Francis: questions
What is the median household income in St. Francis?
$42,083 (±$20,569) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,081 across South Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in St. Francis?
34.1%, against 11.9% across South Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from St. Francis?
16 minutes each way on average, against 18 across South Dakota and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in St. Francis work?
26% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Two Strike (31%, 5 mi), Soldier Creek (16%, 13 mi), Mission (6%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around St. Francis without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 26% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from St. Francis, from the people who make the trip.
More of St. Francis
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.