Work & commute · White

Work & commute in White, SD

Most working residents leave White for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Brookings (52%), Sioux Falls (15%) and Elkton (2%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 261 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 255 White residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 59 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in White.

255live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

59work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where White goes to work

Brookings11.5 mi away

52%136

Sioux Falls62 mi away

15%39

White (in town)right here

2%6

Elkton16.1 mi away

2%6

Huron77.3 mi away

2%4

Volga16.5 mi away

2%4

Hendricks, MN11.9 mi away

1%3

Volga15.7 mi away

1%3

Mitchell84.8 mi away

1%3

Hendricks, MN13.6 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

21%54

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

How far

How far White commutes

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

58%

26%

9%Under 10 mi

58%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

White is a commuter town

0.25jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in White are

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

Jobs based in White

65 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs White residents hold

261 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month69%

−58%

Jobs based in White, 2013 → 2023: 155 → 65. 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.