Work & commute · Tamworth

Work & commute in Tamworth, SD

Most working residents leave Tamworth for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Faulkton (39%), Aberdeen (9%) and Sioux Falls (5%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 44 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 41 Tamworth residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 42 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tamworth.

41live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

42work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tamworth goes to work

Faulkton2.1 mi away

39%17

Aberdeen45.7 mi away

9%4

Tamworth (in town)right here

7%3

Sioux Falls157.9 mi away

5%2

Hartford, KS492.3 mi away

2%1

Sauk Centre, MN210.3 mi away

2%1

Lincoln, NE317 mi away

2%1

Bismarck, ND146 mi away

2%1

De Smet90.6 mi away

2%1

Highmore37 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%12

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

How far

How far Tamworth commutes

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

57%

16%

27%

57%Under 10 mi

0%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tamworth is balanced between jobs and homes

1.02jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.02 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Tamworth are

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

Jobs based in Tamworth

45 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities58%

Services (health, schools, offices…)31%

$1,250 a month or less36%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Tamworth residents hold

44 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+114%

Jobs based in Tamworth, 2013 → 2023: 21 → 45. 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.