Photo: Jbirksd · CC BY-SA 4.0For more than half of its working residents, Kranzburg is a commute to Watertown
Only 1% stay in Kranzburg for work; outside it, Watertown is the main destination (59%, 12 miles). The average commute, 18 minutes each way, matches the South Dakota norm. There are 27 jobs in Kranzburg; 79 of its residents have a job.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Kranzburg quiets down on a workday
On a workday 78 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 26 people come in from elsewhere.
About 110 people are in Kranzburg on a workday afternoon, 31% fewer than live here.
0.34 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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 Kranzburg to work: where people go
Where Kranzburg clocks in
59% 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.
What Kranzburg’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Kranzburg, 2013 → 2023: 25 → 27. 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 Kranzburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Kranzburg: about 18 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Kranzburg workers work from home, vs 10% across South Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 119 commuters (the 5% 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.
Miles to work from Kranzburg
About 23% 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 Kranzburg: questions
What is the median household income in Kranzburg?
$74,375 (±$35,901) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,081 across South Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Kranzburg?
8.6%, against 11.9% across South Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Kranzburg?
18 minutes each way on average, against 18 across South Dakota and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Kranzburg work?
1% work in town.
Can you get around Kranzburg 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 Kranzburg, from the people who make the trip.
More of Kranzburg
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.