Work & commute · Volga

Work & commute in Volga, SD

Most working residents leave Volga for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Brookings (47%), Sioux Falls (9%) and Volga (3%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

90 of 1,146 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,056 Volga residents head out of town to work, 90 work right here, and 421 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Volga.

1,056live here, work elsewhere

90live and work here

421work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Volga goes to work

Brookings6.8 mi away

47%539

Sioux Falls54.8 mi away

9%106

Volga (in town)right here

8%90

Volga0.9 mi away

3%38

Watertown42.2 mi away

3%29

Arlington10.8 mi away

2%28

Madison23.7 mi away

2%19

Huron63.7 mi away

1%13

Aberdeen109.4 mi away

1%12

Sinai8 mi away

1%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

23%262

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

How far

How far Volga commutes

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

63%

10%

20%

63%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Volga is a commuter town

0.45jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Volga are

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

Jobs based in Volga

511 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Volga residents hold

1,146 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+49%

Jobs based in Volga, 2013 → 2023: 342 → 511. 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.