Work & commute · Norden

Work & commute in Norden, SD

Most working residents leave Norden for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Clear Lake (16%), Watertown (16%) and Sioux Falls (9%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 127 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

46 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 126 Norden residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 23 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Norden.

126live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

23work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Norden goes to work

Clear Lake8.2 mi away

16%20

Watertown33.1 mi away

16%20

Sioux Falls79.3 mi away

9%12

Brookings28.4 mi away

7%9

Gary9.3 mi away

5%6

Canby, MN14.5 mi away

3%4

Toronto8.5 mi away

2%3

Estelline18.2 mi away

2%3

Rapid City331.4 mi away

2%3

Clear Lake5 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%44

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.

19%

24%

35%

21%

19%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

35%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Norden is a commuter town

0.19jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Norden are

24 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

24 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less54%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month25%

Jobs Norden residents hold

127 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+14%

Jobs based in Norden, 2013 → 2023: 21 → 24. 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.