Work & commute · Morningside

Work & commute in Morningside, SD

Most working residents leave Morningside for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Huron (58%), Pierre (6%) and Wessington Springs (4%). Half commute less than 2 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 48 working residents

Typical commute

2 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

9 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 47 Morningside residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 100 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Morningside.

47live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

100work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Morningside goes to work

Huron1.4 mi away

58%28

Pierre105.6 mi away

6%3

Wessington Springs27.7 mi away

4%2

Watertown62.8 mi away

4%2

Aberdeen77.1 mi away

4%2

Sioux Falls92 mi away

4%2

Theresa5.9 mi away

4%2

Hitchcock21.3 mi away

2%1

Freeman79.8 mi away

2%1

Alpena15.7 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

8%4

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

How far

How far Morningside commutes

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

67%

23%

67%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Morningside is a job hub

2.10jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Morningside are

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

Jobs based in Morningside

101 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)65%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)8%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month9%

Over $3,333 a month72%

Jobs Morningside residents hold

48 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+35%

Jobs based in Morningside, 2013 → 2023: 75 → 101. 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.