Work & commute · Waldro

Work & commute in Waldro, SD

Most working residents leave Waldro for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Sioux Falls (20%), Chamberlain (13%) and St. Paul (7%). Half commute less than 111 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 15 working residents

Typical commute

111 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

38%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 15 Waldro residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 7 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Waldro.

15live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

7work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Waldro goes to work

Sioux Falls114 mi away

20%3

Chamberlain17.3 mi away

13%2

St. Paul, MN300.7 mi away

7%1

Presho54 mi away

7%1

Howard73.9 mi away

7%1

Ipswich112.9 mi away

7%1

Oacoma19.1 mi away

7%1

Kimball4.5 mi away

7%1

Belle Fourche248.4 mi away

7%1

Box Elder204.9 mi away

7%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

13%2

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

How far

How far Waldro commutes

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

20%

73%

7%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

0%25–50 mi

73%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Waldro is a commuter town

0.47jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Waldro are

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

Jobs based in Waldro

7 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities100%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month0%

Over $3,333 a month100%

Jobs Waldro residents hold

15 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month40%

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.