Work & commute · Redfield

Work & commute in Redfield, SD

42% of Redfield’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Redfield (16%), Aberdeen (5%) and Huron (3%). Half commute less than 1 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

42%

436 of 1,043 working residents

Typical commute

1 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 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 607 Redfield residents head out of town to work, 436 work right here, and 521 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Redfield.

607live here, work elsewhere

436live and work here

521work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Redfield goes to work

Redfield (in town)right here

42%436

Redfield1.4 mi away

16%170

Aberdeen40.9 mi away

5%54

Huron38.4 mi away

3%34

Sioux Falls127.7 mi away

2%26

Three Rivers4.7 mi away

2%23

Pierre95 mi away

2%17

Watertown66.8 mi away

2%16

Brookings93.9 mi away

1%13

Carlton19.5 mi away

1%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

23%242

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.

61%

13%

21%

61%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Redfield is balanced between jobs and homes

0.92jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.92 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Redfield are

957 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

957 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Redfield residents hold

1,043 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−5%

Jobs based in Redfield, 2013 → 2023: 1,004 → 957. 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.