Work & commute · Madison

Work & commute in Madison, SD

Most working residents leave Madison for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Milbank (20%), Watertown (14%) and Sioux Falls (14%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 59 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

42%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 58 Madison residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 15 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Madison.

58live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

15work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Madison goes to work

Milbank8.4 mi away

20%12

Watertown26.2 mi away

14%8

Sioux Falls108.2 mi away

14%8

Mitchell116 mi away

5%3

Grant Center6.4 mi away

5%3

Ortonville, MN18.4 mi away

3%2

Big Stone City17.8 mi away

3%2

Rapid City328.6 mi away

3%2

Big Stone14.9 mi away

3%2

Alban9.8 mi away

3%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%15

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

How far

How far Madison commutes

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

25%

20%

19%

36%

25%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

36%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Madison is a commuter town

0.27jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Madison are

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

Jobs based in Madison

16 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)100%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less31%

$1,251–$3,333 a month50%

Over $3,333 a month19%

Jobs Madison residents hold

59 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+220%

Jobs based in Madison, 2013 → 2023: 5 → 16. 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.