Work & commute · Waverly

Work & commute in Waverly, SD

Most working residents leave Waverly for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Watertown (63%), Sioux Falls (15%) and Pipestone (2%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 103 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 103 Waverly residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 52 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Waverly.

103live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

52work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Waverly goes to work

Watertown13.1 mi away

63%65

Sioux Falls103.1 mi away

15%15

Pipestone, MN77.7 mi away

2%2

Estelline31 mi away

2%2

Flandreau69.8 mi away

2%2

Twin Brooks14.9 mi away

1%1

Dell Rapids83.7 mi away

1%1

Milbank20.2 mi away

1%1

Clear Lake22.4 mi away

1%1

Chamberlain145 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

12%12

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

How far

How far Waverly commutes

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

27%

43%

27%

27%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Waverly is a commuter town

0.50jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Waverly are

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

Jobs based in Waverly

52 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)94%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Waverly residents hold

103 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+13%

Jobs based in Waverly, 2013 → 2023: 46 → 52. 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.