Work & commute · Wasta

Work & commute in Wasta, SD

Most working residents leave Wasta for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Rapid City (47%), Wall (13%) and Colorado Springs (7%). Half commute less than 39 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 15 working residents

Typical commute

39 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 15 Wasta residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wasta.

15live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

1work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wasta goes to work

Rapid City38.3 mi away

47%7

Wall11.3 mi away

13%2

Colorado Springs, CO378.8 mi away

7%1

Faribault, MN454.3 mi away

7%1

Philip38.9 mi away

7%1

Wagner219 mi away

7%1

Lead68.3 mi away

7%1

De Smet244.6 mi away

7%1

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

How far

How far Wasta commutes

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

13%

53%

33%

0%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

53%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wasta is a commuter town

0.07jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wasta are

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

Jobs based in Wasta

1 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less100%

$1,251–$3,333 a month0%

Over $3,333 a month0%

Jobs Wasta residents hold

15 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month47%

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.