Work & commute · Adams

Work & commute in Adams, SD

Most working residents leave Adams for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Milbank (22%), Watertown (12%) and Alban (7%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 67 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

48%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 66 Adams residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 7 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Adams.

66live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

7work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Adams goes to work

Milbank14.4 mi away

22%15

Watertown30.8 mi away

12%8

Alban12.5 mi away

7%5

Sioux Falls102.7 mi away

4%3

Blooming Valley34.1 mi away

4%3

Grant Center14.7 mi away

4%3

Ortonville, MN20.1 mi away

3%2

Brookings50.9 mi away

3%2

Madison9.5 mi away

3%2

Melrose19.4 mi away

3%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%22

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Adams commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

46%

19%

25%

9%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Adams is a commuter town

0.12jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.12 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Adams are

8 jobs are based in Adams. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Adams’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Adams

8 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)100%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month88%

Jobs Adams residents hold

67 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)42%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−80%

Jobs based in Adams, 2013 → 2023: 41 → 8. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.