Work & commute · Carthage

Work & commute in Carthage, SD

Most working residents leave Carthage for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Howard (36%), Madison (11%) and Sioux Falls (9%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 47 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 44 Carthage residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 33 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Carthage.

44live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

33work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Carthage goes to work

Howard14.4 mi away

36%17

Madison32.3 mi away

11%5

Sioux Falls65.5 mi away

9%4

Carthage (in town)right here

6%3

Mitchell34.1 mi away

6%3

Brookings47.2 mi away

4%2

Canova22.3 mi away

2%1

Lake Preston21.8 mi away

2%1

Parker60.5 mi away

2%1

De Smet17.5 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

19%9

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

How far

How far Carthage commutes

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

49%

26%

19%

6%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Carthage is balanced between jobs and homes

0.77jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.77 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Carthage are

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

Jobs based in Carthage

36 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less42%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month28%

Jobs Carthage residents hold

47 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month43%

−50%

Jobs based in Carthage, 2013 → 2023: 72 → 36. 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.