Work & commute · Grant Center

Work & commute in Grant Center, SD

Most working residents leave Grant Center for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Milbank (34%), Watertown (9%) and Alban (8%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 163 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 160 Grant Center residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 87 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Grant Center.

160live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

87work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Grant Center goes to work

Milbank3.9 mi away

34%55

Watertown29.6 mi away

9%15

Alban7.8 mi away

8%13

Ortonville, MN14.8 mi away

7%11

Sioux Falls114.6 mi away

5%8

Brookings62 mi away

4%6

Big Stone10.8 mi away

3%5

Blooming Valley22.4 mi away

3%5

Webster40.7 mi away

2%3

Lura20.9 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%39

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

How far

How far Grant Center commutes

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

47%

20%

15%

18%

47%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Grant Center is a commuter town

0.55jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Grant Center are

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

Jobs based in Grant Center

90 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities56%

Services (health, schools, offices…)8%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month12%

Over $3,333 a month77%

Jobs Grant Center residents hold

163 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−2%

Jobs based in Grant Center, 2013 → 2023: 92 → 90. 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.