Work & commute · Lake Madison

Work & commute in Lake Madison, SD

Most working residents leave Lake Madison for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Sioux Falls (36%), Madison (16%) and Brookings (5%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14 of 374 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

32%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 360 Lake Madison residents head out of town to work, 14 work right here, and 84 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lake Madison.

360live here, work elsewhere

14live and work here

84work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lake Madison goes to work

Sioux Falls32.7 mi away

36%133

Madison4.9 mi away

16%60

Brookings26.6 mi away

5%20

Lake Madison (in town)right here

4%14

Lyons18.3 mi away

3%12

Lake View2.1 mi away

2%9

Wentworth4.8 mi away

2%9

Chester6.8 mi away

2%8

Watertown65.8 mi away

2%7

Rapid City307.3 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%97

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

How far

How far Lake Madison commutes

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

30%

10%

46%

14%

30%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

46%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lake Madison is a commuter town

0.26jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lake Madison are

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

Jobs based in Lake Madison

98 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less39%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Lake Madison residents hold

374 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+180%

Jobs based in Lake Madison, 2013 → 2023: 35 → 98. 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.