Work & commute · Waubay

Work & commute in Waubay, SD

Most working residents leave Waubay for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Webster (15%), Sisseton (10%) and Watertown (8%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13 of 143 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 130 Waubay residents head out of town to work, 13 work right here, and 91 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Waubay.

130live here, work elsewhere

13live and work here

91work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Waubay goes to work

Webster11.4 mi away

15%22

Sisseton22.4 mi away

10%14

Watertown34.1 mi away

8%12

Waubay4 mi away

8%11

Waubay (in town)right here

6%9

Webster12.6 mi away

6%8

Sioux Falls130.9 mi away

3%5

Brookings79.3 mi away

3%4

Aberdeen56.8 mi away

3%4

Enemy Swim2.7 mi away

3%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%50

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

How far

How far Waubay commutes

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

21%

38%

13%

27%

21%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Waubay is a commuter town

0.73jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Waubay are

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

Jobs based in Waubay

104 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities1%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Waubay residents hold

143 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−31%

Jobs based in Waubay, 2013 → 2023: 150 → 104. 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.