Work & commute · Badger

Work & commute in Badger, SD

Most working residents leave Badger for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Brookings (18%), Sioux Falls (15%) and Arlington (7%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 71 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 70 Badger residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 24 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Badger.

70live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

24work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Badger goes to work

Brookings24.3 mi away

18%13

Sioux Falls69.4 mi away

15%11

Arlington9.2 mi away

7%5

Watertown29.4 mi away

7%5

Madison33.5 mi away

6%4

De Smet18.2 mi away

4%3

Spring Lake15.6 mi away

4%3

Lake Norden6.5 mi away

3%2

Huron50.2 mi away

3%2

Baker10.7 mi away

3%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%21

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.

17%

28%

31%

24%

17%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

31%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Badger is a commuter town

0.35jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Badger are

25 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

25 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities100%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month12%

Over $3,333 a month80%

Jobs Badger residents hold

71 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−19%

Jobs based in Badger, 2013 → 2023: 31 → 25. 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.