Work & commute · Castlewood

Work & commute in Castlewood, SD

Most working residents leave Castlewood for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Watertown (20%), Brookings (11%) and Sioux Falls (10%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23 of 300 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 277 Castlewood residents head out of town to work, 23 work right here, and 117 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Castlewood.

277live here, work elsewhere

23live and work here

117work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Castlewood goes to work

Watertown14.2 mi away

20%61

Brookings31.5 mi away

11%33

Sioux Falls83.1 mi away

10%30

Estelline12 mi away

10%29

Castlewood (in town)right here

8%23

Lake Norden13.4 mi away

4%12

Hayti9.6 mi away

2%6

Opdahl14.4 mi away

2%5

Norden11 mi away

2%5

Huron63.2 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%92

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

How far

How far Castlewood commutes

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

14%

44%

14%

27%

14%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Castlewood is a commuter town

0.47jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Castlewood are

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

Jobs based in Castlewood

140 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Castlewood residents hold

300 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+27%

Jobs based in Castlewood, 2013 → 2023: 110 → 140. 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.