Sioux Falls

City Commute Profile

Sioux Falls, SD

Where Sioux Falls’s 108,256 resident workers go each day — 80.6% work within the area; the top destination beyond it is Brandon.

South DakotaLODES 2023 data
83
Commute Score

83 / 100

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

Sioux Falls at a glance
Employed Residents
108,256
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
14.8mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
80.6%
Share working within the area
Work from home
10.6%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Brandon
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Sioux Falls 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 Sioux Falls 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.

Sioux Falls

108,256 commutes, one dot at a time

Sioux Falls

Where 108,256 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

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

1Sioux Falls0.0 mi87,284
2Brandon8.7 mi1,496
3Harrisburg7.0 mi1,205
4Tea7.4 mi956
5Rapid City326.8 mi931
6Brookings53.3 mi927
7Mitchell66.0 mi547
8Vermillion52.7 mi498

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Sioux Falls.

1Sioux Falls0.0 mi87,284
2Brandon8.7 mi4,084
3Harrisburg7.0 mi3,060
4Tea7.4 mi2,432
5Brookings53.3 mi1,451
6Rapid City326.8 mi1,255
7Watertown96.6 mi1,168
8Hartford12.2 mi1,163

Top industries

The sectors that employ Sioux Falls’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 Assistance22.5%
RTRetail Trade12.5%
FIFinance and Insurance8.7%
AFAccommodation and Food Services8.6%
MFManufacturing7.4%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services5.1%
COConstruction5.0%
WSWholesale Trade5.0%
EDEducational Services4.3%

Sioux Falls city profile

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

Population
201,469
Median age
35.5yrs
Median household income
$75,970
Median home value
$292,400
Median gross rent
$1,035/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
38.1%
Poverty rate
9.6%

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 Sioux Falls

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

8 providers · 2 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps100%
5 Gbps100%
8 Gbps
See all internet providers in Sioux Falls

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