Work & commute · Edison

Work & commute in Edison, SD

Most working residents leave Edison for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Sioux Falls (55%), Garretson (6%) and Brandon (5%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 314 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

24%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 311 Edison residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 141 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Edison.

311live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

141work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Edison goes to work

Sioux Falls13.8 mi away

55%174

Garretson4.1 mi away

6%19

Brandon8 mi away

5%16

Sverdrup5.9 mi away

4%14

Baltic8.4 mi away

3%8

Delapre21.6 mi away

2%7

Dell Rapids10.3 mi away

2%5

Lyons14.1 mi away

2%5

Brookings42.3 mi away

1%3

Palisade5.3 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

19%60

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

How far

How far Edison commutes

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

26%

62%

26%Under 10 mi

62%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Edison is a commuter town

0.46jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Edison are

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

Jobs based in Edison

144 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities67%

Services (health, schools, offices…)15%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month76%

Jobs Edison residents hold

314 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+10%

Jobs based in Edison, 2013 → 2023: 131 → 144. 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.