Brandt has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
A typical one-way commute from Brandt lasts 58 minutes (South Dakota 18, U.S. 26). 13 jobs are based in Brandt; 51 of its residents have a job. Hardly any stay in Brandt for work; outside it, Watertown is the main destination (18%, 31 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Brandt quiets down on a workday
On a workday 51 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 13 people come in from elsewhere.
About 81 people are in Brandt on a workday afternoon, 32% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Out of Brandt to work: where people go
Where Brandt clocks in
18% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Brandt
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Brandt, 2013 → 2023: 10 → 13. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Brandt’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Brandt: about 58 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 18.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Brandt workers work from home, vs 10% across South Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 41 commuters (the 7% who work from home are left out). Across South Dakota: 85% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How far it is to work from Brandt
About 29% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Brandt: questions
What is the median household income in Brandt?
$60,625 (±$39,923) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,081 across South Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Brandt?
12.2%, against 11.9% across South Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Brandt?
58 minutes each way on average, against 18 across South Dakota and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Brandt work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Watertown (18%, 31 mi), Brookings (10%, 26 mi), Sioux Falls (10%, 78 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Brandt without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Brandt, from the people who make the trip.
More of Brandt
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.