Work & commute · Forestburg

Work & commute in Forestburg, SD

Most working residents leave Forestburg for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Mitchell (31%), Huron (15%) and Woonsocket (8%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 26 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 26 Forestburg residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Forestburg.

26live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

2work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Forestburg goes to work

Mitchell20.5 mi away

31%8

Huron24.2 mi away

15%4

Woonsocket8.7 mi away

8%2

Pierre112.5 mi away

8%2

Marshall, MN118.3 mi away

4%1

Letcher8.6 mi away

4%1

Highmore74.6 mi away

4%1

Dell Rapids70.4 mi away

4%1

Yankton85.9 mi away

4%1

Sioux Falls76 mi away

4%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

15%4

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

How far

How far Forestburg commutes

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

16%

56%

28%

16%Under 10 mi

56%10–24 mi

0%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Forestburg is a commuter town

0.08jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Forestburg are

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

Jobs based in Forestburg

2 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less100%

$1,251–$3,333 a month0%

Over $3,333 a month0%

Jobs Forestburg residents hold

26 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month69%

−33%

Jobs based in Forestburg, 2013 → 2023: 3 → 2. 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.