Work & commute · Geneseo

Work & commute in Geneseo, SD

Most working residents leave Geneseo for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Wilmot (25%), Milbank (18%) and Ortonville (5%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 95 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 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 94 Geneseo residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 29 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Geneseo.

94live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

29work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Geneseo goes to work

Wilmot8.7 mi away

25%24

Milbank10.2 mi away

18%17

Ortonville, MN12.7 mi away

5%5

Sisseton27 mi away

5%5

Watertown38.7 mi away

4%4

Huron101.6 mi away

3%3

Sioux Falls125.9 mi away

3%3

Aberdeen86.6 mi away

2%2

Alban13.1 mi away

2%2

Springdale11 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%28

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

How far

How far Geneseo commutes

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

29%

35%

16%

20%

29%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Geneseo is a commuter town

0.32jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Geneseo are

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

Jobs based in Geneseo

30 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities67%

Services (health, schools, offices…)23%

$1,250 a month or less3%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month80%

Jobs Geneseo residents hold

95 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+11%

Jobs based in Geneseo, 2013 → 2023: 27 → 30. 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.