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

OrtonvilleCoronaWilmotSissetonMilbankMitchellPierreWatertownAberdeenSioux FallsGeneseoGarfieldAlbanLakeBeckerLockwoodLeeSpringdaleMilbankSissetonSioux FallsAlbanOrtonvilleWatertownMitchellPierreAberdeenWilmot
1
Wilmot (in town)right here
22%35
2
Milbank16.9 mi away
17%27
3
Sisseton19.8 mi away
8%13
4
Sioux Falls129.2 mi away
4%6
5
Alban20.7 mi away
3%5
6
Ortonville, MN21.3 mi away
3%4
7
Watertown37.5 mi away
3%4
8
Mitchell130 mi away
2%3
9
Pierre184 mi away
2%3
10
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%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.

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