With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of New Witten works elsewhere
2% of workers work from home; South Dakota has 10%. Employers in New Witten report 4 jobs for 23 working residents. Hardly any work in New Witten itself; outside it, Winner draws the most (30%, 12 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of New Witten, and who commutes in
On a workday 23 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 4 people come in from elsewhere.
About 36 people are in New Witten on a workday afternoon, 35% 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 New Witten: the destinations
Where New Witten clocks in
9% 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.
Making and building: 75% of jobs based in New Witten
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in New Witten, 2013 → 2023: 8 → 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 New Witten’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in New Witten
of New Witten workers work from home, vs 10% across South Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 42 commuters (the 2% 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.
Where in the region New Witten works
About 22% 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 New Witten: questions
What is the median household income in New Witten?
$38,603 (±$9,040) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,081 across South Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in New Witten?
25.0%, against 11.9% across South Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in New Witten work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Winner (30%, 12 mi), Colome (13%, 22 mi), Watertown (9%, 177 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around New Witten without a car?
81% 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 New Witten, from the people who make the trip.
More of New Witten
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.