Work & commute · Wahehe

Work & commute in Wahehe, SD

Most working residents leave Wahehe for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Wagner (26%), Dante (8%) and Lake Andes (8%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 61 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 59 Wahehe residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 16 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wahehe.

59live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

16work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wahehe goes to work

Wagner9.8 mi away

26%16

Dante12 mi away

8%5

Lake Andes15.5 mi away

8%5

Sioux Falls92.9 mi away

8%5

Pickstown10.2 mi away

7%4

Platte37.3 mi away

3%2

Box Elder247.9 mi away

3%2

Marty3.2 mi away

3%2

Le Mars, IA113.2 mi away

2%1

Ravinia12.5 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%18

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

How far

How far Wahehe commutes

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

25%

31%

36%

25%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

36%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wahehe is a commuter town

0.30jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wahehe are

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

Jobs based in Wahehe

18 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)100%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month56%

Over $3,333 a month17%

Jobs Wahehe residents hold

61 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month44%

+80%

Jobs based in Wahehe, 2013 → 2023: 10 → 18. 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.