Work & commute · Curlew

Work & commute in Curlew, SD

Most working residents leave Curlew for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Winner (36%), Golden Valley (7%) and Watertown (7%). Half commute less than 36 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 14 working residents

Typical commute

36 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 14 Curlew residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 112 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Curlew.

14live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

112work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Curlew goes to work

Winner19.1 mi away

36%5

Golden Valley, MN350.7 mi away

7%1

Watertown175.9 mi away

7%1

Sioux Falls171.6 mi away

7%1

Pleasant View31.9 mi away

7%1

Willow Creek30 mi away

7%1

Dakota Dunes199.4 mi away

7%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

21%3

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

How far

How far Curlew commutes

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

38%

15%

46%

0%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

46%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Curlew is a job hub

8.00jobs per working resident

A job hub

8.0 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Curlew are

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

Jobs based in Curlew

112 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)96%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month78%

Jobs Curlew residents hold

14 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+3633%

Jobs based in Curlew, 2013 → 2023: 3 → 112. 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.