Work & commute · South Shore

Work & commute in South Shore, SD

Most working residents leave South Shore for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Watertown (61%), Sioux Falls (14%) and Brookings (5%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 88 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 88 South Shore residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 14 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in South Shore.

88live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

14work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where South Shore goes to work

Watertown17.3 mi away

61%54

Sioux Falls108.3 mi away

14%12

Brookings55.6 mi away

5%4

Clear Lake26.6 mi away

2%2

Aberdeen78.9 mi away

2%2

Sheridan19.1 mi away

2%2

Denver, CO547.7 mi away

1%1

Slayton, MN96 mi away

1%1

Pipestone, MN82.2 mi away

1%1

Canistota105.4 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

9%8

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

How far

How far South Shore commutes

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

66%

28%

0%Under 10 mi

66%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

South Shore is a commuter town

0.16jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.16 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in South Shore are

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

Jobs based in South Shore

14 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities43%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs South Shore residents hold

88 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−78%

Jobs based in South Shore, 2013 → 2023: 65 → 14. 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.