Work & commute · Brothersfield

Work & commute in Brothersfield, SD

Most working residents leave Brothersfield for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Sioux Falls (34%), Parker (7%) and Marion (6%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 87 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

13 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 85 Brothersfield residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 28 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Brothersfield.

85live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

28work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Brothersfield goes to work

Sioux Falls19.3 mi away

34%30

Parker4.9 mi away

7%6

Marion8.4 mi away

6%5

Freeman18.4 mi away

3%3

Germantown8 mi away

3%3

Chancellor8.7 mi away

2%2

Centerville25.1 mi away

2%2

Yankton42.4 mi away

2%2

Pierre172 mi away

2%2

Watertown99.8 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%30

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

How far

How far Brothersfield commutes

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

23%

58%

12%

23%Under 10 mi

58%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Brothersfield is a commuter town

0.34jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Brothersfield are

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

Jobs based in Brothersfield

30 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)97%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month60%

Over $3,333 a month30%

Jobs Brothersfield residents hold

87 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+7%

Jobs based in Brothersfield, 2013 → 2023: 28 → 30. 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.