Work & commute · Norden

Work & commute in Norden, SD

Most working residents leave Norden for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Watertown (22%), Lake Norden (12%) and Brookings (7%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 268 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 264 Norden residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 201 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Norden.

264live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

201work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Norden goes to work

Watertown21.8 mi away

22%59

Lake Norden2.7 mi away

12%31

Brookings27.2 mi away

7%20

Sioux Falls75.8 mi away

7%19

Hayti5 mi away

6%15

Estelline12.8 mi away

5%13

Bryant15.1 mi away

4%10

Opdahl9.7 mi away

3%8

Aberdeen87.8 mi away

3%7

Castlewood11 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%80

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

How far

How far Norden commutes

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

27%

41%

10%

22%

27%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Norden is balanced between jobs and homes

0.76jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.76 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Norden are

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

Jobs based in Norden

205 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities55%

Services (health, schools, offices…)10%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Norden residents hold

268 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+7%

Jobs based in Norden, 2013 → 2023: 192 → 205. 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.