Work, pay and getting to work in Vivian
Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, next to 10% for South Dakota as a whole. Only 2% stay in Vivian for work; outside it, Kennebec is the main destination (12%, 22 miles). Vivian has 34 jobs, against 43 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Vivian on a workday
On a workday 42 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 33 people come in from elsewhere.
About 41 people are in Vivian on a workday afternoon, 18% fewer than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.79 per resident).
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 places Vivian commutes to
Where Vivian clocks in
12% 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.
The kinds of work in Vivian
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Vivian, 2013 → 2023: 1 → 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 Vivian’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Vivian
of Vivian workers work from home, vs 10% across South Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 32 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Vivian
About 30% 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 Vivian: questions
What is the median household income in Vivian?
$61,528 (±$17,437) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,081 across South Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Vivian?
0.0%, against 11.9% across South Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Vivian work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Kennebec (12%, 22 mi), Chamberlain (12%, 49 mi), Sioux Falls (9%, 180 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Vivian 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 Vivian, from the people who make the trip.
More of Vivian
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.