Work & commute · Garden Prairie

Work & commute in Garden Prairie, SD

Most working residents leave Garden Prairie for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Aberdeen (29%), Groton (17%) and Brookings (5%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 59 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

46%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 59 Garden Prairie residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 21 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Garden Prairie.

59live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

21work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Garden Prairie goes to work

Aberdeen19.2 mi away

29%17

Groton12 mi away

17%10

Brookings95.7 mi away

5%3

Warner16.3 mi away

3%2

Groton13 mi away

3%2

Phoenix, AZ1095.5 mi away

2%1

Presque Isle, ME1442.9 mi away

2%1

Hendricks, MN100.6 mi away

2%1

Worthington, MN170.6 mi away

2%1

Andover15.4 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%20

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

How far

How far Garden Prairie commutes

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

61%

33%

2%Under 10 mi

61%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Garden Prairie is a commuter town

0.36jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Garden Prairie are

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

Jobs based in Garden Prairie

21 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)71%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)10%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Garden Prairie residents hold

59 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities36%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+62%

Jobs based in Garden Prairie, 2013 → 2023: 13 → 21. 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.