Work & commute · Garretson

Work & commute in Garretson, SD

Most working residents leave Garretson for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Sioux Falls (56%), Brandon (4%) and Sverdrup (4%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

28 of 622 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 594 Garretson residents head out of town to work, 28 work right here, and 267 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Garretson.

594live here, work elsewhere

28live and work here

267work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Garretson goes to work

Sioux Falls16.6 mi away

56%348

Garretson (in town)right here

5%28

Brandon9.3 mi away

4%27

Sverdrup9.9 mi away

4%22

Baltic12.1 mi away

2%13

Lyons18.1 mi away

2%13

Edison4.1 mi away

2%11

Aberdeen154.8 mi away

1%9

Palisade1.8 mi away

1%9

Sioux City, IA84.5 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

22%135

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

How far

How far Garretson commutes

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

14%

70%

11%

14%Under 10 mi

70%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Garretson is a commuter town

0.47jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Garretson are

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

Jobs based in Garretson

295 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Garretson residents hold

622 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month70%

−9%

Jobs based in Garretson, 2013 → 2023: 325 → 295. 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.