Work & commute · Medary

Work & commute in Medary, SD

Most working residents leave Medary for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Brookings (56%), Sioux Falls (13%) and Volga (5%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 764 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 757 Medary residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 101 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Medary.

757live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

101work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Medary goes to work

Brookings5.3 mi away

56%425

Sioux Falls48.2 mi away

13%101

Volga7.5 mi away

5%39

Watertown49.3 mi away

2%16

Madison20.9 mi away

2%14

Volga8.1 mi away

1%10

Mitchell69.5 mi away

1%7

Medary (in town)right here

1%7

Elkton17.5 mi away

1%5

Huron68.7 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

18%135

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

How far

How far Medary commutes

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

64%

13%

16%

64%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Medary is a commuter town

0.14jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Medary are

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

Jobs based in Medary

108 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)44%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)39%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Medary residents hold

764 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month67%

−46%

Jobs based in Medary, 2013 → 2023: 200 → 108. 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.