Photo: United States Geological Survey · Public domainMost of Swift Bird commutes out: there are 0.0 jobs for every working resident
Swift Bird has 1 jobs for 36 working residents. Hardly any work in Swift Bird itself; outside it, North Eagle Butte draws the most (33%, 43 miles). The poverty rate is 100.0% (South Dakota 11.9%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Swift Bird, and who commutes in
On a workday 36 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere.
About 0 people are in Swift Bird on a workday afternoon, 100% fewer 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.
Where Swift Bird’s working residents head each day
Where Swift Bird clocks in
8% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Swift Bird
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Swift Bird, 2013 → 2023: 1 → 1. 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 Swift Bird’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Near or far: the trip to work from Swift Bird
About 31% 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.
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 Swift Bird: questions
What is the poverty rate in Swift Bird?
100.0%, against 11.9% across South Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Swift Bird work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are North Eagle Butte (33%, 43 mi), Timber Lake (17%, 43 mi), Eagle Butte (8%, 43 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Swift Bird, from the people who make the trip.
More of Swift Bird
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.