Aberdeen

City Commute Profile

Aberdeen, SD

Where Aberdeen’s 14,701 resident workers go each day — 66.6% work within the area; the top destination beyond it is Sioux Falls.

South DakotaLODES 2023 data
96
Commute Score

96 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Aberdeen at a glance
Employed Residents
14,701
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
26.7mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
66.6%
Share working within the area
Work from home
5.4%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Sioux Falls
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Aberdeen proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Aberdeen commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

Aberdeen

14,701 commutes, one dot at a time

Aberdeen

Where 14,701 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Aberdeen, by worker count.

1Aberdeen0.0 mi9,797
2Sioux Falls158.8 mi568
3Brookings115.4 mi267
4Watertown77.1 mi231
5Mitchell122.9 mi190
6Pierre118.3 mi161
7Rapid City252.4 mi120
8Huron77.3 mi114

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Aberdeen.

1Aberdeen0.0 mi9,797
2Sioux Falls158.8 mi385
3Groton18.6 mi254
4Huron77.3 mi163
5Rapid City252.4 mi141
6Ipswich26.7 mi133
7Prairiewood Village4.5 mi118
8Brookings115.4 mi106

Top industries

The sectors that employ Aberdeen’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance18.7%
RTRetail Trade15.7%
MFManufacturing13.3%
AFAccommodation and Food Services10.0%
EDEducational Services7.6%
PAPublic Administration6.3%
FIFinance and Insurance5.5%
COConstruction3.8%
WSWholesale Trade3.4%

Aberdeen city profile

Who lives in Aberdeen — population, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
28,189
Median age
36.4yrs
Median household income
$64,405
Median home value
$217,300
Median gross rent
$762/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
35.0%
Poverty rate
13.8%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Connectivity

Internet options for Aberdeen

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

8 providers · 1 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps92%
5 Gbps88%
8 Gbps
See all internet providers in Aberdeen

FindBetterInternet is a CensusFlow partner site — we link out so you can compare local plans, and CensusFlow’s Census data stays independent. Provider data is from the FCC National Broadband Map (satellite + fixed wireless excluded).