Sioux Falls draws more than half of Worthing’s working residents
The average commute takes 21 minutes each way, next to 18 for South Dakota and 26 for the U.S. Hardly any work in Worthing; the top destination outside it is Sioux Falls (56%, 15 miles). 129 jobs are based in Worthing, against 501 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Worthing in brief
More than half of Worthing works in Sioux Falls
283 working residents, 56%, have their main job in Sioux Falls, 15 miles away. That’s 56 times as many as work in Worthing itself. The commute map ↓
Worthing is a place people come home to
There are 129 jobs based in Worthing, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Worthing has about 560 people in it, 40% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 501 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Worthing goes to work
Where Worthing 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.
How a workday changes Worthing
On a workday 496 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 124 people come in from elsewhere.
About 560 people are in Worthing on a workday afternoon, 40% fewer than live here.
0.26 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Worthing
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Worthing, 2013 → 2023: 31 → 129. 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 Worthing’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Worthing, about 21 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Worthing workers work from home, vs 10% across South Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 541 commuters (the 8% 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 distance from Worthing to work
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 Worthing: questions
What is the median household income in Worthing?
$93,162 (±$13,309) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,081 across South Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Worthing?
1.8%, against 11.9% across South Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Worthing?
21 minutes each way on average, against 18 across South Dakota and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Worthing work?
1% work in town.
Can you get around Worthing without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Worthing, from the people who make the trip.
More of Worthing
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.