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Work & commute · Whiteside

Work & commute in Whiteside, SD

Most working residents leave Whiteside for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Huron (26%), Wolsey (11%) and Watertown (11%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
5%
1 of 19 working residents
Typical commute
22 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
— min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
56%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 18 Whiteside residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 16 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Whiteside.

18live here, work elsewhere
1live and work here
16work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Whiteside goes to work

YaleHitchcockMelletteWessingtonOnidaFultonMillerWolseyHuronWatertownAberdeenSioux FallsAllenOhioFairfieldWessingtonTheresaWhitesideHuronWolseyWatertownFairfieldHitchcockOnidaFultonMillerAberdeenSioux FallsWhiteside
1
Huron23.4 mi away
26%5
2
Wolsey10.4 mi away
11%2
3
Watertown78.1 mi away
11%2
4
Fairfield18 mi away
11%2
5
Hitchcock14.4 mi away
5%1
6
Onida71.6 mi away
5%1
7
Fulton67.1 mi away
5%1
8
Miller17.1 mi away
5%1
9
Aberdeen67 mi away
5%1
10
Sioux Falls115.8 mi away
5%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
11%2

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

How far

How far Whiteside commutes

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

16%Under 10 mi
53%10–24 mi
0%25–50 mi
32%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Whiteside is balanced between jobs and homes

0.89jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.89 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Whiteside are

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

Jobs based in Whiteside

17 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)100%
Trade, transport & utilities0%
Services (health, schools, offices…)0%
$1,250 a month or less0%
$1,251–$3,333 a month35%
Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Whiteside residents hold

19 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)37%
Trade, transport & utilities16%
Services (health, schools, offices…)47%
$1,250 a month or less21%
$1,251–$3,333 a month21%
Over $3,333 a month58%
−37%

Jobs based in Whiteside, 2013 → 2023: 27 → 17. 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.

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