Work & commute · Running Water

Work & commute in Running Water, SD

Most working residents leave Running Water for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Yankton (45%), Sioux Falls (18%) and Santee (9%). Half commute less than 31 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 11 working residents

Typical commute

31 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 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 11 Running Water residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 18 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Running Water.

11live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

18work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Running Water goes to work

Yankton30.8 mi away

45%5

Sioux Falls81.9 mi away

18%2

Santee, NE7.8 mi away

9%1

Avon15.9 mi away

9%1

Springfield7 mi away

9%1

Lennox67.5 mi away

9%1

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

How far

How far Running Water commutes

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

18%

45%

27%

18%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

45%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Running Water is a job hub

1.64jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Running Water are

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

Jobs based in Running Water

18 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)39%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less56%

$1,251–$3,333 a month6%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Running Water residents hold

11 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities36%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month0%

Over $3,333 a month82%

+350%

Jobs based in Running Water, 2013 → 2023: 4 → 18. 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.