Work & commute · Webster

Work & commute in Webster, SD

44% of Webster’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Webster (9%), Watertown (5%) and Aberdeen (5%). Half commute less than 1 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

44%

352 of 804 working residents

Typical commute

1 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 452 Webster residents head out of town to work, 352 work right here, and 484 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Webster.

452live here, work elsewhere

352live and work here

484work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Webster goes to work

Webster (in town)right here

44%352

Webster3.8 mi away

9%75

Watertown34.5 mi away

5%43

Aberdeen46.8 mi away

5%37

Sioux Falls130.1 mi away

4%36

Brookings79.9 mi away

2%16

Waubay10.5 mi away

2%14

Britton33.4 mi away

1%12

Mitchell114 mi away

1%9

Waubay11.4 mi away

1%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%201

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

How far

How far Webster commutes

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

55%

17%

22%

55%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Webster is balanced between jobs and homes

1.04jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.04 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Webster are

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

Jobs based in Webster

836 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Webster residents hold

804 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−7%

Jobs based in Webster, 2013 → 2023: 898 → 836. 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.