A job hub: Verdon has 9.7 jobs per working resident, and 29 people come in to work
Home is the office for 0% of workers, where South Dakota as a whole has 10%. Verdon has 29 jobs, and 3 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Verdon for work; outside it, Tyndall is the main destination (33%, 156 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Verdon, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 3 residents head out to work and none work right here.
About 32 people are in Verdon on a workday afternoon, 433% 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.
Commuting in to Verdon: where workers come from
Where Verdon clocks in
33% 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.
86% of the jobs in Verdon pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Verdon, 2013 → 2023: 12 → 29. 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 Verdon’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Verdon
of Verdon workers work from home, vs 10% across South Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4 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.
How many miles Verdon commutes
About 67% 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.
Verdon and its neighbors
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Verdon workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verdon | – | — | — | — | — |
| Bates Township | under 34% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Bates Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Verdon’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Verdon: questions
What is the poverty rate in Verdon?
0.0%, against 11.9% across South Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Verdon work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tyndall (33%, 156 mi), Spearfish (33%, 285 mi), Aberdeen (33%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Verdon 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 Verdon, from the people who make the trip.
More of Verdon
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.