Work & commute · Wagner

Work & commute in Wagner, SD

43% of Wagner’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Dante (11%), Sioux Falls (7%) and Bryan (4%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

43%

217 of 508 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

12 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 291 Wagner residents head out of town to work, 217 work right here, and 830 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wagner.

291live here, work elsewhere

217live and work here

830work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wagner goes to work

Wagner (in town)right here

43%217

Dante5.9 mi away

11%58

Sioux Falls84.7 mi away

7%34

Bryan4 mi away

4%19

Lake Andes13.6 mi away

3%14

Yankton47.2 mi away

2%12

Rapid City255.9 mi away

2%9

Mitchell46.7 mi away

1%7

Pickstown12 mi away

1%6

Parkston26.7 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%126

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

How far

How far Wagner commutes

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

61%

24%

61%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wagner is a job hub

2.06jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.1 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Wagner are

1,047 jobs are based in Wagner. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Wagner’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Wagner

1,047 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less30%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Wagner residents hold

508 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month45%

−7%

Jobs based in Wagner, 2013 → 2023: 1,127 → 1,047. 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.