Earning a living in Winfred
12 jobs are based in Winfred for 16 working residents. Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, where South Dakota as a whole has 10%. Hardly any stay in Winfred for work; outside it, Madison is the main destination (31%, 13 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Winfred, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 16 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 12 people come in from elsewhere.
About 30 people are in Winfred on a workday afternoon, 12% fewer than live here.
0.75 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.
Where Winfred’s working residents head each day
Where Winfred clocks in
31% 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: 100% of jobs based in Winfred
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Winfred, 2013 → 2023: 13 → 12. 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 Winfred’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Winfred
of Winfred workers work from home, vs 10% across South Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 34 commuters (the 0% 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.
Winfred’s commute, mile by mile
About 25% 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 Winfred: questions
What is the poverty rate in Winfred?
0.0%, against 11.9% across South Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Winfred work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Madison (31%, 13 mi), Sioux Falls (13%, 45 mi), Herman Township (13%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Winfred 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 Winfred, from the people who make the trip.
More of Winfred
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.