Work & commute · Toronto

Work & commute in Toronto, SD

Most working residents leave Toronto for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Clear Lake (20%), Watertown (19%) and Sioux Falls (11%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 89 working residents

Typical commute

30 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 85 Toronto residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 96 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Toronto.

85live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

96work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Toronto goes to work

Clear Lake12.9 mi away

20%18

Watertown34.3 mi away

19%17

Sioux Falls71.4 mi away

11%10

Brookings19.9 mi away

8%7

Toronto (in town)right here

4%4

Gary17.8 mi away

3%3

Webster68.1 mi away

3%3

Hendricks, MN11.5 mi away

1%1

Ortonville, MN51.4 mi away

1%1

Valley City, ND175.2 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%24

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

How far

How far Toronto commutes

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

40%

27%

28%

4%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Toronto is balanced between jobs and homes

1.12jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.12 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Toronto are

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

Jobs based in Toronto

100 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities49%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Toronto residents hold

89 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+0%

Jobs based in Toronto, 2013 → 2023: 100 → 100. 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.