Work & commute · Ward

Work & commute in Ward, SD

Most working residents leave Ward for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Sioux Falls (31%), Colman (19%) and Egan (13%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 16 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 16 Ward residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 20 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ward.

16live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

20work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ward goes to work

Sioux Falls44.5 mi away

31%5

Colman21.1 mi away

19%3

Egan17.3 mi away

13%2

Porter, MN36.6 mi away

6%1

Egan14.1 mi away

6%1

Dell Rapids26 mi away

6%1

Brookings19.1 mi away

6%1

Watertown62.3 mi away

6%1

Lyons35.9 mi away

6%1

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

How far

How far Ward commutes

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

44%

50%

0%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

50%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ward is balanced between jobs and homes

1.25jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.25 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Ward are

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

Jobs based in Ward

20 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)95%

$1,250 a month or less50%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month20%

Jobs Ward residents hold

16 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)44%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)31%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month81%

+82%

Jobs based in Ward, 2013 → 2023: 11 → 20. 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.