Work & commute · Badger

Work & commute in Badger, SD

Most working residents leave Badger for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Mitchell (53%), Sioux Falls (9%) and Beulah (5%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 64 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 63 Badger residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 59 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Badger.

63live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

59work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Badger goes to work

Mitchell7.5 mi away

53%34

Sioux Falls73 mi away

9%6

Beulah6.6 mi away

5%3

Mount Vernon8.6 mi away

3%2

Yankton73.8 mi away

3%2

Rapid City253 mi away

3%2

Council Bluffs, IA212.5 mi away

2%1

Omaha, NE205.5 mi away

2%1

Ethan19.7 mi away

2%1

Armour35 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

17%11

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

How far

How far Badger commutes

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

53%

14%

25%

53%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Badger is balanced between jobs and homes

0.94jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.94 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Badger are

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

Jobs based in Badger

60 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)72%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)25%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month3%

Over $3,333 a month97%

Jobs Badger residents hold

64 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month11%

Over $3,333 a month73%

+15%

Jobs based in Badger, 2013 → 2023: 52 → 60. 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.