Work & commute · Redfield

Work & commute in Redfield, SD

Most working residents leave Redfield for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Redfield (37%), Aberdeen (7%) and Huron (4%). Half commute less than 4 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16 of 169 working residents

Typical commute

4 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

10 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 153 Redfield residents head out of town to work, 16 work right here, and 335 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Redfield.

153live here, work elsewhere

16live and work here

335work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Redfield goes to work

Redfield1.4 mi away

37%63

Redfield (in town)right here

9%16

Aberdeen42.2 mi away

7%11

Huron37.7 mi away

4%7

Three Rivers5.9 mi away

4%7

Sioux Falls127.4 mi away

3%5

Watertown67.7 mi away

2%4

Faulkton31.4 mi away

2%3

Mitchell81.7 mi away

2%3

Pierre93.8 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%47

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

How far

How far Redfield commutes

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

52%

18%

27%

52%Under 10 mi

3%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Redfield is a job hub

2.08jobs 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 Redfield are

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

Jobs based in Redfield

351 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less3%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Redfield residents hold

169 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−32%

Jobs based in Redfield, 2013 → 2023: 516 → 351. 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.