Work & commute · Bryant

Work & commute in Bryant, SD

Most working residents leave Bryant for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Lake Norden (17%), Watertown (15%) and Sioux Falls (8%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 224 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 216 Bryant residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 169 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bryant.

216live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

169work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bryant goes to work

Lake Norden12.6 mi away

17%37

Watertown26.8 mi away

15%33

Sioux Falls81.2 mi away

8%17

Hayti13.8 mi away

7%15

Norden15.1 mi away

4%9

Bryant (in town)right here

4%8

Opdahl9.7 mi away

4%8

Brookings38.9 mi away

3%7

Lake Poinsett17.7 mi away

3%7

Garfield2.4 mi away

3%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%77

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

How far

How far Bryant commutes

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

13%

41%

24%

22%

13%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bryant is balanced between jobs and homes

0.79jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.79 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Bryant are

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

Jobs based in Bryant

177 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)34%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Bryant residents hold

224 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)36%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+1%

Jobs based in Bryant, 2013 → 2023: 175 → 177. 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.