Work & commute · Sheridan

Work & commute in Sheridan, SD

Most working residents leave Sheridan for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Watertown (62%), Sioux Falls (8%) and Brookings (3%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 279 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 274 Sheridan residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 281 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sheridan.

274live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

281work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sheridan goes to work

Watertown6.7 mi away

62%172

Sioux Falls91.3 mi away

8%23

Brookings39.5 mi away

3%7

Milbank33.4 mi away

2%5

Sheridan (in town)right here

2%5

Huron65.5 mi away

1%3

Rapid City308.3 mi away

1%3

Kranzburg8.1 mi away

1%2

Britton73.9 mi away

1%2

Chamberlain133.3 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

20%55

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

How far

How far Sheridan commutes

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

65%

23%

65%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sheridan is balanced between jobs and homes

1.03jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.03 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Sheridan are

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

Jobs based in Sheridan

286 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month10%

Over $3,333 a month80%

Jobs Sheridan residents hold

279 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+16%

Jobs based in Sheridan, 2013 → 2023: 246 → 286. 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.