Work & commute · Lake Norden

Work & commute in Lake Norden, SD

Most working residents leave Lake Norden for work: only 19% work in town. The top destinations are Watertown (16%), Sioux Falls (7%) and Hayti (6%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19%

49 of 258 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 209 Lake Norden residents head out of town to work, 49 work right here, and 556 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lake Norden.

209live here, work elsewhere

49live and work here

556work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lake Norden goes to work

Lake Norden (in town)right here

19%49

Watertown23 mi away

16%42

Sioux Falls75.6 mi away

7%18

Hayti5.5 mi away

6%15

Opdahl8.7 mi away

6%15

Bryant12.6 mi away

5%14

Brookings28.3 mi away

3%9

Norden2.7 mi away

3%8

Cleveland4.9 mi away

3%7

Garfield10.4 mi away

3%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%74

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

How far

How far Lake Norden commutes

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

37%

32%

23%

37%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lake Norden is a job hub

2.34jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lake Norden are

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

Jobs based in Lake Norden

605 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)67%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)23%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month77%

Jobs Lake Norden residents hold

258 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)39%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)37%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+72%

Jobs based in Lake Norden, 2013 → 2023: 352 → 605. 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.