Work & commute · Worthing

Work & commute in Worthing, SD

Most working residents leave Worthing for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Sioux Falls (56%), Lennox (9%) and Tea (3%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 501 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 496 Worthing residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 124 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Worthing.

496live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

124work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Worthing goes to work

Sioux Falls14.7 mi away

56%283

Lennox6.5 mi away

9%44

Tea9.1 mi away

3%13

Delapre10.1 mi away

3%13

Harrisburg7.7 mi away

2%11

Lynn2.9 mi away

2%10

Canton9.4 mi away

2%8

Brandon20.4 mi away

1%7

Sioux City, IA60.8 mi away

1%6

Brookings67.3 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

20%100

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

How far

How far Worthing commutes

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

23%

63%

10%

23%Under 10 mi

63%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Worthing is a commuter town

0.26jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Worthing are

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

Jobs based in Worthing

129 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)88%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month70%

Jobs Worthing residents hold

501 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month71%

+316%

Jobs based in Worthing, 2013 → 2023: 31 → 129. 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.