Work & commute · Wolsey

Work & commute in Wolsey, SD

Most working residents leave Wolsey for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Huron (30%), Sioux Falls (6%) and Hitchcock (5%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15 of 197 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 182 Wolsey residents head out of town to work, 15 work right here, and 121 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wolsey.

182live here, work elsewhere

15live and work here

121work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wolsey goes to work

Huron13.5 mi away

30%59

Wolsey (in town)right here

8%15

Sioux Falls105.4 mi away

6%12

Hitchcock15.5 mi away

5%10

Aberdeen72.8 mi away

3%6

Wessington11.4 mi away

3%5

Mitchell51.8 mi away

3%5

Watertown73.4 mi away

3%5

Miller26.4 mi away

2%4

Alpena16.6 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%72

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

How far

How far Wolsey commutes

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

10%

47%

10%

33%

10%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wolsey is a commuter town

0.69jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wolsey are

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

Jobs based in Wolsey

136 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Wolsey residents hold

197 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−3%

Jobs based in Wolsey, 2013 → 2023: 140 → 136. 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.