Work & commute · Hayti

Work & commute in Hayti, SD

Most working residents leave Hayti for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Lake Norden (17%), Watertown (16%) and Hayti (8%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 116 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 113 Hayti residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 44 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hayti.

113live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

44work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hayti goes to work

Lake Norden7.2 mi away

17%20

Watertown15.8 mi away

16%18

Hayti2 mi away

8%9

Cleveland9.2 mi away

5%6

Opdahl6.8 mi away

5%6

Bryant15.5 mi away

4%5

Brookings32.4 mi away

4%5

Sioux Falls81.8 mi away

4%5

Estelline15.4 mi away

3%3

Hayti (in town)right here

3%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%36

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

How far

How far Hayti commutes

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

43%

30%

17%

43%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hayti is a commuter town

0.41jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hayti are

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

Jobs based in Hayti

47 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)55%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Hayti residents hold

116 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)37%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−6%

Jobs based in Hayti, 2013 → 2023: 50 → 47. 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.