Work & commute · Canistota

Work & commute in Canistota, SD

Most working residents leave Canistota for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Sioux Falls (37%), Greenland (4%) and Bridgewater (3%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

26 of 275 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 249 Canistota residents head out of town to work, 26 work right here, and 176 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Canistota.

249live here, work elsewhere

26live and work here

176work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Canistota goes to work

Sioux Falls28.3 mi away

37%102

Canistota (in town)right here

9%26

Greenland5.9 mi away

4%10

Bridgewater10.8 mi away

3%9

Mitchell38.5 mi away

3%8

Freeman18.6 mi away

2%6

Emery16.4 mi away

2%5

Pierre159.8 mi away

2%5

Salem10.7 mi away

2%5

Brookings54.8 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%95

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

How far

How far Canistota commutes

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

19%

16%

49%

16%

19%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

49%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Canistota is a commuter town

0.73jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Canistota are

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

Jobs based in Canistota

202 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Canistota residents hold

275 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+1%

Jobs based in Canistota, 2013 → 2023: 200 → 202. 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.