Work & commute · Trent

Work & commute in Trent, SD

Most working residents leave Trent for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Sioux Falls (37%), Colman (10%) and Dell Rapids (8%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 105 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 104 Trent residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 13 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Trent.

104live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

13work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Trent goes to work

Sioux Falls25.5 mi away

37%39

Colman9.5 mi away

10%10

Dell Rapids6.3 mi away

8%8

Brookings28.2 mi away

8%8

Flandreau10 mi away

5%5

Colman9.9 mi away

5%5

Madison23.5 mi away

2%2

Clare11.3 mi away

2%2

Blinsmon3.7 mi away

2%2

Enterprise3.2 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

21%22

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

How far

How far Trent commutes

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

26%

39%

28%

26%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Trent is a commuter town

0.13jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Trent are

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

Jobs based in Trent

14 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)86%

$1,250 a month or less36%

$1,251–$3,333 a month57%

Over $3,333 a month7%

Jobs Trent residents hold

105 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month67%

−30%

Jobs based in Trent, 2013 → 2023: 20 → 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.