Work & commute · Garfield

Work & commute in Garfield, SD

Most working residents leave Garfield for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Vermillion (24%), Sioux Falls (22%) and Yankton (8%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 76 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

38 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 76 Garfield residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 19 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Garfield.

76live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

19work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Garfield goes to work

Vermillion12.2 mi away

24%18

Sioux Falls41.1 mi away

22%17

Yankton27.1 mi away

8%6

Elk Point21 mi away

4%3

Sioux City, IA39.8 mi away

3%2

Viborg18.7 mi away

3%2

Lennox27.4 mi away

3%2

Beresford9.7 mi away

3%2

Fairview12.5 mi away

3%2

Burbank14.4 mi away

3%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%20

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

How far

How far Garfield commutes

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

43%

42%

11%

4%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

42%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Garfield is a commuter town

0.25jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Garfield are

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

Jobs based in Garfield

19 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)79%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)21%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Garfield residents hold

76 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+375%

Jobs based in Garfield, 2013 → 2023: 4 → 19. 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.