Work & commute · Wilmot

Work & commute in Wilmot, SD

About one in 5 of Wilmot’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Milbank (17%), Sisseton (8%) and Sioux Falls (4%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22%

35 of 159 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 124 Wilmot residents head out of town to work, 35 work right here, and 191 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wilmot.

124live here, work elsewhere

35live and work here

191work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wilmot goes to work

Wilmot (in town)right here

22%35

Milbank16.9 mi away

17%27

Sisseton19.8 mi away

8%13

Sioux Falls129.2 mi away

4%6

Alban20.7 mi away

3%5

Ortonville, MN21.3 mi away

3%4

Watertown37.5 mi away

3%4

Mitchell130 mi away

2%3

Pierre184 mi away

2%3

Aberdeen78.3 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%56

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

How far

How far Wilmot commutes

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

27%

41%

26%

27%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wilmot is balanced between jobs and homes

1.42jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.42 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Wilmot are

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

Jobs based in Wilmot

226 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less30%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month32%

Jobs Wilmot residents hold

159 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+9%

Jobs based in Wilmot, 2013 → 2023: 207 → 226. 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.