Work & commute · Wittenberg

Work & commute in Wittenberg, SD

Most working residents leave Wittenberg for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Parkston (14%), Sioux Falls (11%) and Mitchell (6%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 94 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

42%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 92 Wittenberg residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 14 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wittenberg.

92live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

14work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wittenberg goes to work

Parkston14.8 mi away

14%13

Sioux Falls51.3 mi away

11%10

Mitchell32.7 mi away

6%6

Tripp14.6 mi away

5%5

Scotland12 mi away

5%5

Yankton33.8 mi away

3%3

Watertown113.1 mi away

3%3

Menno8.7 mi away

2%2

Freeman14 mi away

2%2

Vermillion54.3 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%43

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

How far

How far Wittenberg commutes

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

10%

34%

29%

28%

10%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

29%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wittenberg is a commuter town

0.17jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wittenberg are

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

Jobs based in Wittenberg

16 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)88%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)13%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month63%

Over $3,333 a month31%

Jobs Wittenberg residents hold

94 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+433%

Jobs based in Wittenberg, 2013 → 2023: 3 → 16. 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.