With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Brentford works elsewhere
Home is the office for 38% of workers, against 10% across South Dakota. There are 4 jobs in Brentford, against 17 working residents. Hardly any work in Brentford; the top destination outside it is Doland (18%, 21 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Brentford quiets down on a workday
On a workday 17 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 4 people come in from elsewhere.
About 73 people are in Brentford on a workday afternoon, 15% 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.
Commuting out of Brentford: the destinations
Where Brentford clocks in
Lines 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.
Goods, not services: 75% of the jobs in Brentford
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Brentford, 2013 → 2023: 7 → 4. 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 Brentford’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 17 minutes in Brentford
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Brentford workers work from home, vs 10% across South Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 25 commuters (the 38% 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.
Brentford’s commute, mile by mile
About 41% 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.
Brentford and its neighbors
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Brentford workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brentford | – | — | — | 17 min | — |
| La Prairie Township | under 6% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. La Prairie Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Brentford’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Brentford: questions
What is the poverty rate in Brentford?
32.5%, against 11.9% across South Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Brentford?
17 minutes each way on average, against 18 across South Dakota and 26 nationally. 38% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Brentford work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Doland (18%, 21 mi), Aberdeen (18%, 22 mi), Sioux Falls (12%, 137 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Brentford without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Brentford, from the people who make the trip.
More of Brentford
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.