Work & commute · Madison

Work & commute in Madison, SD

48% of Madison’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Sioux Falls (13%), Brookings (7%) and Lake View (5%). Half commute less than 2 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

48%

1,504 of 3,148 working residents

Typical commute

2 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

11 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 1,644 Madison residents head out of town to work, 1,504 work right here, and 2,236 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Madison.

1,644live here, work elsewhere

1,504live and work here

2,236work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Madison goes to work

Madison (in town)right here

48%1,504

Sioux Falls37.2 mi away

13%415

Brookings26 mi away

7%210

Lake View2.9 mi away

5%165

Watertown62.4 mi away

2%76

Mitchell50.3 mi away

1%35

Herman4.6 mi away

1%29

Aberdeen120.9 mi away

1%28

Huron59.8 mi away

1%26

Howard20.7 mi away

1%23

Everywhere elseother towns and states

20%637

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.

57%

25%

14%

57%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Madison is balanced between jobs and homes

1.19jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.19 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Madison are

3,740 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

3,740 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Madison residents hold

3,148 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+6%

Jobs based in Madison, 2013 → 2023: 3,534 → 3,740. 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.