Work & commute · Andover

Work & commute in Andover, SD

Most working residents leave Andover for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Aberdeen (25%), Bristol (9%) and Roslyn (5%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 56 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

37%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 51 Andover residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 41 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Andover.

51live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

41work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Andover goes to work

Aberdeen26.8 mi away

25%14

Bristol9.7 mi away

9%5

Andover (in town)right here

9%5

Roslyn21.4 mi away

5%3

Webster20 mi away

5%3

Gwinner, ND57.9 mi away

4%2

Doland36.9 mi away

4%2

Huron74 mi away

4%2

Mitchell116.6 mi away

4%2

Brookings94.7 mi away

4%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%16

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

How far

How far Andover commutes

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

11%

29%

35%

25%

11%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

35%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Andover is balanced between jobs and homes

0.82jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.82 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Andover are

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

Jobs based in Andover

46 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)96%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Andover residents hold

56 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month68%

−34%

Jobs based in Andover, 2013 → 2023: 70 → 46. 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.