Work & commute · Greenland

Work & commute in Greenland, SD

Most working residents leave Greenland for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Sioux Falls (33%), Canistota (14%) and Salem (5%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 153 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

26%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 150 Greenland residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 46 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Greenland.

150live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

46work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Greenland goes to work

Sioux Falls23.1 mi away

33%50

Canistota5.9 mi away

14%22

Salem12.6 mi away

5%8

Bridgewater16.7 mi away

3%5

Brookings50.9 mi away

3%5

Parker15.7 mi away

3%4

Freeman22.8 mi away

3%4

Madison26.7 mi away

2%3

Watertown88.9 mi away

2%3

Greenland (in town)right here

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%46

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

How far

How far Greenland commutes

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

22%

47%

14%

16%

22%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Greenland 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 Greenland are

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

Jobs based in Greenland

49 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)88%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month80%

Jobs Greenland residents hold

153 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+75%

Jobs based in Greenland, 2013 → 2023: 28 → 49. 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.