Wentworth has 0.0 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Employers in Wentworth report 2 jobs for 77 working residents. Only 1% stay in Wentworth for work; outside it, Sioux Falls is the main destination (27%, 34 miles). Home is the office for 1% of workers, against 10% across South Dakota.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Wentworth
On a workday 76 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere.
About 97 people are in Wentworth on a workday afternoon, 44% 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 Wentworth to work: where people go
Where Wentworth clocks in
23% 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 services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wentworth, 2013 → 2023: 74 → 2. 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 Wentworth’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Wentworth: about 36 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wentworth workers work from home, vs 10% across South Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 77 commuters (the 1% 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.
The commute from Wentworth, by distance
About 21% 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 Wentworth: questions
What is the median household income in Wentworth?
$62,188 (±$30,962) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,081 across South Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wentworth?
13.8%, against 11.9% across South Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wentworth?
36 minutes each way on average, against 18 across South Dakota and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wentworth work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sioux Falls (27%, 34 mi), Madison (23%, 7 mi), Brookings (6%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Wentworth 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 Wentworth, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wentworth
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.