Work & commute · Ipswich

Work & commute in Ipswich, SD

Most working residents leave Ipswich for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Aberdeen (35%), Mina (4%) and Sioux Falls (3%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

58 of 355 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 297 Ipswich residents head out of town to work, 58 work right here, and 260 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ipswich.

297live here, work elsewhere

58live and work here

260work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ipswich goes to work

Aberdeen27.3 mi away

35%126

Ipswich (in town)right here

16%58

Mina14.1 mi away

4%14

Sioux Falls173.5 mi away

3%12

Cortlandt12.5 mi away

3%9

Brookings135.1 mi away

2%8

Pierre97.1 mi away

2%8

Bath33.2 mi away

2%7

Groton45.1 mi away

1%5

Mitchell128.1 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%103

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

How far

How far Ipswich commutes

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

21%

44%

26%

21%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

44%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ipswich is balanced between jobs and homes

0.90jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.90 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Ipswich are

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

Jobs based in Ipswich

318 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Ipswich residents hold

355 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−6%

Jobs based in Ipswich, 2013 → 2023: 338 → 318. 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.