Work & commute · Arlington

Work & commute in Arlington, SD

Most working residents leave Arlington for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Brookings (21%), Sioux Falls (8%) and De Smet (6%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

38 of 429 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 391 Arlington residents head out of town to work, 38 work right here, and 258 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Arlington.

391live here, work elsewhere

38live and work here

258work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Arlington goes to work

Brookings17.6 mi away

21%92

Arlington (in town)right here

9%38

Sioux Falls60.3 mi away

8%35

De Smet20.6 mi away

6%24

Madison24.7 mi away

5%22

Lake Preston12 mi away

5%21

Watertown37.7 mi away

4%17

Baker11.8 mi away

3%14

Lake Norden15.4 mi away

3%11

Mitchell62.9 mi away

2%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%145

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

How far

How far Arlington commutes

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

12%

55%

10%

24%

12%Under 10 mi

55%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Arlington is a commuter town

0.69jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Arlington are

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

Jobs based in Arlington

296 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Arlington residents hold

429 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month66%

−29%

Jobs based in Arlington, 2013 → 2023: 414 → 296. 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.