Work & commute · Sverdrup

Work & commute in Sverdrup, SD

Most working residents leave Sverdrup for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Sioux Falls (53%), Brandon (5%) and Garretson (4%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19 of 473 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 454 Sverdrup residents head out of town to work, 19 work right here, and 438 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sverdrup.

454live here, work elsewhere

19live and work here

438work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sverdrup goes to work

Sioux Falls11.9 mi away

53%251

Brandon10.1 mi away

5%23

Garretson9.9 mi away

4%19

Sverdrup (in town)right here

4%19

Baltic3.8 mi away

2%11

Dell Rapids7.9 mi away

2%9

Lyons8.2 mi away

2%9

Sioux City, IA85.5 mi away

2%8

Luverne, MN24.7 mi away

2%8

Delapre18.7 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

23%109

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

How far

How far Sverdrup commutes

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

32%

52%

11%

32%Under 10 mi

52%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sverdrup is balanced between jobs and homes

0.97jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.97 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Sverdrup are

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

Jobs based in Sverdrup

457 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less3%

$1,251–$3,333 a month12%

Over $3,333 a month86%

Jobs Sverdrup residents hold

473 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month67%

−36%

Jobs based in Sverdrup, 2013 → 2023: 710 → 457. 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.