Work & commute · White Swan

Work & commute in White Swan, SD

Most working residents leave White Swan for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Wagner (20%), Lake Andes (18%) and Dante (12%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 147 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

12 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 145 White Swan residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 10 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in White Swan.

145live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

10work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where White Swan goes to work

Wagner13.4 mi away

20%29

Lake Andes3.6 mi away

18%27

Dante19.1 mi away

12%18

Sioux Falls96.4 mi away

9%13

Pickstown2.9 mi away

3%5

Marty9.8 mi away

3%5

Rapid City242.7 mi away

3%4

Pierce, NE81.4 mi away

1%2

Ravinia6.8 mi away

1%2

Gregory44.5 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%40

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

How far

How far White Swan commutes

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

28%

38%

32%

28%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

White Swan is a commuter town

0.08jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in White Swan are

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

Jobs based in White Swan

12 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities58%

Services (health, schools, offices…)33%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month8%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs White Swan residents hold

147 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−70%

Jobs based in White Swan, 2013 → 2023: 40 → 12. 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.