Work & commute · Howard

Work & commute in Howard, SD

About one in 3 of Howard’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Sioux Falls (15%), Madison (8%) and Mitchell (4%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

34%

111 of 328 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 217 Howard residents head out of town to work, 111 work right here, and 456 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Howard.

217live here, work elsewhere

111live and work here

456work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Howard goes to work

Howard (in town)right here

34%111

Sioux Falls51.2 mi away

15%49

Madison20.7 mi away

8%25

Mitchell32.3 mi away

4%13

Howard2.7 mi away

3%11

Brookings41.7 mi away

3%10

Carthage14.4 mi away

2%6

De Smet25.9 mi away

2%5

Huron41.7 mi away

2%5

Pierre140.7 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%88

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

How far

How far Howard commutes

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

39%

14%

19%

28%

39%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Howard is a job hub

1.73jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Howard are

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

Jobs based in Howard

567 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Howard residents hold

328 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+87%

Jobs based in Howard, 2013 → 2023: 303 → 567. 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.