Photo: Jared Winkler · CC BY-SA 4.0For about half of its working residents, Wall is a commute to Rapid City
Working residents average 17 minutes each way, next to 18 for South Dakota and 26 for the U.S. About one in ten work in Wall itself; outside it, Rapid City draws the most (47%, 49 miles). Employers in Wall report 468 jobs for 276 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Wall
Commuting in to Wall: where workers come from
Where Wall clocks in
47% of workers
10% of workers
4% 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 workday shuffle in and out of Wall
On a workday 244 residents head out to work, 32 work right here, and 436 people come in from elsewhere.
About 860 people are in Wall on a workday afternoon, 29% more than live here.
1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
Jobs in Wall: what the 468 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wall, 2013 → 2023: 453 → 468. 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 Wall’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 17 minutes from Wall
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wall workers work from home, vs 10% across South Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 327 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.
How far Wall goes to work
About 27% 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.
Work in the towns next to Wall
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Wall workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wall | – | — | — | 17 min | $58,984 |
| Fairview Township | under 1% | — | — | — | — |
| Lake Hill Township | under 1% | — | — | — | — |
| Lake Flat Township | under 1% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Fairview Township, Lake Hill Township and Lake Flat Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Wall’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 Wall: questions
What is the median household income in Wall?
$58,984 (±$7,992) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,081 across South Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wall?
8.8%, against 11.9% across South Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wall?
17 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 Wall work?
12% work in town.
Can you get around Wall without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Wall, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wall
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.