Work & commute · Bridgewater

Work & commute in Bridgewater, SD

Most working residents leave Bridgewater for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Sioux Falls (37%), Canistota (7%) and Canistota (6%). Half commute less than 37 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 196 working residents

Typical commute

37 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 189 Bridgewater residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 91 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bridgewater.

189live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

91work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bridgewater goes to work

Sioux Falls38.4 mi away

37%73

Canistota10.8 mi away

7%13

Canistota11 mi away

6%12

Bridgewater (in town)right here

4%7

Mitchell29.8 mi away

3%6

Lennox33.3 mi away

3%5

Huron66.3 mi away

2%4

Greenland16.7 mi away

2%4

Menno21.9 mi away

2%3

Brookings62.9 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%66

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

How far

How far Bridgewater commutes

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

23%

54%

18%

5%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

54%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bridgewater is a commuter town

0.50jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bridgewater are

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

Jobs based in Bridgewater

98 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Bridgewater residents hold

196 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+2%

Jobs based in Bridgewater, 2013 → 2023: 96 → 98. 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.