Work & commute · Hartford

Work & commute in Hartford, SD

Most working residents leave Hartford for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Sioux Falls (59%), Wall Lake (2%) and Hartford (2%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

169 of 1,855 working residents

Typical commute

12 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 1,686 Hartford residents head out of town to work, 169 work right here, and 646 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hartford.

1,686live here, work elsewhere

169live and work here

646work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hartford goes to work

Sioux Falls11.6 mi away

59%1,102

Hartford (in town)right here

9%169

Wall Lake5.1 mi away

2%39

Hartford1.7 mi away

2%33

Brandon17.7 mi away

1%26

Delapre11.7 mi away

1%26

Humboldt7.2 mi away

1%24

Sioux City, IA82.5 mi away

1%19

Brookings47.7 mi away

1%16

Rapid City314.5 mi away

1%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

21%386

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

How far

How far Hartford commutes

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

25%

60%

12%

25%Under 10 mi

60%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hartford is a commuter town

0.44jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hartford are

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

Jobs based in Hartford

815 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Hartford residents hold

1,855 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+47%

Jobs based in Hartford, 2013 → 2023: 555 → 815. 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.