Work & commute · Canton

Work & commute in Canton, SD

Most working residents leave Canton for work: only 19% work in town. The top destinations are Sioux Falls (43%), Canton (6%) and Harrisburg (3%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19%

313 of 1,636 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 1,323 Canton residents head out of town to work, 313 work right here, and 865 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Canton.

1,323live here, work elsewhere

313live and work here

865work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Canton goes to work

Sioux Falls18 mi away

43%697

Canton (in town)right here

19%313

Canton3.5 mi away

6%94

Harrisburg11.1 mi away

3%48

Sioux City, IA56.7 mi away

2%30

Brandon20 mi away

1%22

Delapre17.4 mi away

1%20

Yankton49.7 mi away

1%17

Brookings69.8 mi away

1%17

Lennox15.8 mi away

1%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

22%362

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

How far

How far Canton commutes

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

26%

56%

12%

26%Under 10 mi

56%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Canton is a commuter town

0.72jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Canton are

1,178 jobs are based in Canton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Canton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Canton

1,178 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Canton residents hold

1,636 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month64%

−13%

Jobs based in Canton, 2013 → 2023: 1,357 → 1,178. 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.