Work & commute · Rauville

Work & commute in Rauville, SD

Most working residents leave Rauville for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Watertown (67%), Sioux Falls (12%) and Lake (3%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 130 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 130 Rauville residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 227 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rauville.

130live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

227work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rauville goes to work

Watertown8 mi away

67%87

Sioux Falls103.6 mi away

12%15

Lake5.1 mi away

3%4

Huron71 mi away

2%2

Brookings51.6 mi away

2%2

Sheridan12.3 mi away

2%2

Richland12 mi away

2%2

Marietta, MN33.1 mi away

1%1

Montevideo, MN67.6 mi away

1%1

Marshall, MN75.2 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

10%13

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

How far

How far Rauville commutes

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

58%

17%

21%

58%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rauville is a job hub

1.75jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Rauville are

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

Jobs based in Rauville

227 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)88%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Rauville residents hold

130 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+8%

Jobs based in Rauville, 2013 → 2023: 211 → 227. 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.