Work & commute · Woonsocket

Work & commute in Woonsocket, SD

Most working residents leave Woonsocket for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Mitchell (18%), Huron (7%) and Sioux Falls (6%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

47 of 281 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 234 Woonsocket residents head out of town to work, 47 work right here, and 232 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Woonsocket.

234live here, work elsewhere

47live and work here

232work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Woonsocket goes to work

Mitchell25.3 mi away

18%50

Woonsocket (in town)right here

17%47

Huron21.5 mi away

7%19

Sioux Falls84.6 mi away

6%17

Woonsocket1.5 mi away

5%15

Silver Creek6.3 mi away

4%11

Alpena10.1 mi away

4%10

Howard37.2 mi away

3%8

Wessington Springs15 mi away

2%7

Rapid City245.5 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%92

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

How far

How far Woonsocket commutes

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

29%

19%

25%

26%

29%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Woonsocket is balanced between jobs and homes

0.99jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.99 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Woonsocket are

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

Jobs based in Woonsocket

279 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Woonsocket residents hold

281 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+15%

Jobs based in Woonsocket, 2013 → 2023: 242 → 279. 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.