Work & commute · Groton

Work & commute in Groton, SD

Most working residents leave Groton for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Aberdeen (38%), Sioux Falls (5%) and Warner (3%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

77 of 631 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 554 Groton residents head out of town to work, 77 work right here, and 356 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Groton.

554live here, work elsewhere

77live and work here

356work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Groton goes to work

Aberdeen17.9 mi away

38%237

Groton (in town)right here

12%77

Sioux Falls148.2 mi away

5%33

Warner21.1 mi away

3%20

Bath11.9 mi away

3%18

Brookings102.1 mi away

3%16

Aberdeen20.4 mi away

2%15

Huron75.5 mi away

2%11

Watertown59.3 mi away

2%10

Groton2 mi away

2%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%184

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

How far

How far Groton commutes

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

16%

53%

25%

16%Under 10 mi

53%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Groton is a commuter town

0.69jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Groton are

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

Jobs based in Groton

433 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Groton residents hold

631 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−15%

Jobs based in Groton, 2013 → 2023: 511 → 433. 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.