Work & commute · Rowena

Work & commute in Rowena, SD

Most working residents leave Rowena for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Sioux Falls (43%), Brandon (7%) and Wichita (3%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 30 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

35%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 30 Rowena residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 28 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rowena.

30live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

28work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rowena goes to work

Sioux Falls8.9 mi away

43%13

Brandon5.3 mi away

7%2

Wichita, KS404.9 mi away

3%1

Jasper, MN24.1 mi away

3%1

Emerson, NE86.2 mi away

3%1

Minot, ND397.1 mi away

3%1

Timber Lake258.7 mi away

3%1

Valley Springs6.3 mi away

3%1

North Sioux City68 mi away

3%1

Brookings55.4 mi away

3%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

23%7

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

How far

How far Rowena commutes

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

37%

33%

30%

37%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

0%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rowena is balanced between jobs and homes

0.93jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.93 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Rowena are

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

Jobs based in Rowena

28 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)89%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)4%

$1,250 a month or less4%

$1,251–$3,333 a month57%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Rowena residents hold

30 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+460%

Jobs based in Rowena, 2013 → 2023: 5 → 28. 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.