Work & commute · Fordham

Work & commute in Fordham, SD

Most working residents leave Fordham for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Clark (20%), Watertown (11%) and Day (7%). Half commute less than 37 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 45 working residents

Typical commute

37 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 44 Fordham residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 13 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fordham.

44live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

13work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fordham goes to work

Clark11.9 mi away

20%9

Watertown37.9 mi away

11%5

Day13 mi away

7%3

Lake Norden35.9 mi away

4%2

De Smet30.7 mi away

4%2

Sioux Falls101.8 mi away

4%2

Sheldon, IA149.2 mi away

2%1

Prinsburg, MN133.4 mi away

2%1

Alexandria, MN145 mi away

2%1

Hardin, MT476.9 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%18

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

How far

How far Fordham commutes

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

38%

29%

31%

2%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

29%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fordham is a commuter town

0.31jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Fordham are

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

Jobs based in Fordham

14 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)100%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month79%

Jobs Fordham residents hold

45 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month58%

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.