Work & commute · Humboldt

Work & commute in Humboldt, SD

Most working residents leave Humboldt for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Sioux Falls (59%), Hartford (11%) and Wall Lake (3%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 292 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 285 Humboldt residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 131 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Humboldt.

285live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

131work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Humboldt goes to work

Sioux Falls18.6 mi away

59%173

Hartford7.2 mi away

11%33

Wall Lake9.4 mi away

3%10

Delapre16.8 mi away

3%8

Humboldt (in town)right here

2%7

Hartford5.7 mi away

2%6

Brookings47.7 mi away

1%3

Lyons11.8 mi away

1%3

Sioux City, IA86.6 mi away

1%2

Lemmon295.4 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

15%45

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

How far

How far Humboldt commutes

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

18%

70%

18%Under 10 mi

70%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Humboldt is a commuter town

0.47jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Humboldt are

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

Jobs based in Humboldt

138 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)39%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)39%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Humboldt residents hold

292 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+64%

Jobs based in Humboldt, 2013 → 2023: 84 → 138. 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.