Work & commute · Garfield

Work & commute in Garfield, SD

Most working residents leave Garfield for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Lake Norden (14%), Watertown (14%) and Hayti (11%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 74 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

13 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

29%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 73 Garfield residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 111 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Garfield.

73live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

111work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Garfield goes to work

Lake Norden10.4 mi away

14%10

Watertown26.2 mi away

14%10

Hayti12 mi away

11%8

Norden12.9 mi away

7%5

Bryant2.4 mi away

5%4

Sioux Falls79.5 mi away

5%4

De Smet14.8 mi away

3%2

Brookings36.7 mi away

3%2

Cleveland5.5 mi away

3%2

Hayti13.8 mi away

3%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%25

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.

20%

41%

16%

23%

20%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Garfield is a job hub

1.51jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Garfield are

112 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

112 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)93%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)2%

$1,250 a month or less1%

$1,251–$3,333 a month9%

Over $3,333 a month90%

Jobs Garfield residents hold

74 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)41%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)39%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+93%

Jobs based in Garfield, 2013 → 2023: 58 → 112. 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.