Work and commuting in Alban Township
20% of workers have no commute at all, against 10% across South Dakota. The average commute takes 10 minutes each way, next to 18 for South Dakota and 26 for the U.S. Alban Township has 323 jobs, against 237 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Alban Township
Alban Township and Milbank trade workers both ways
Milbank is the top workplace for Alban Township residents (38%) and also where the most people who work in Alban Township come from (22% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Alban Township makes and builds things
64% of the jobs based in Alban Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Alban Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 33%. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Alban Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 10 minutes, against 18 across South Dakota. That’s about 61 hours a year less on the road than the typical South Dakota worker. Time on the road ↓
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 237 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
38% of working residents work in Milbank
Where Alban Township clocks in
38% of workers
8% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 64% of the jobs in Alban Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Alban Township, 2013 → 2023: 205 → 323. 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 Alban Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 10 minutes each way, quicker than most of South Dakota
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 3.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Alban Township workers work from home, vs 10% across South Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 351 commuters (the 20% 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.
A workday in Alban Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 224 residents head out to work, 13 work right here, and 310 people come in from elsewhere.
About 700 people are in Alban Township on a workday afternoon, 14% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.36 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The commute from Alban Township, by distance
About 26% 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.
Work next door: 38% of Alban Township’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Alban Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alban Township | – | — | — | 10 min | $106,860 |
| Milbank | 38% | C | A− | 9 min | $56,011 |
| Grant Center Township | under 2% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Melrose Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Vernon Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Grant Center Township, Melrose Township and Vernon Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Milbank. Darker towns draw more of Alban Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Alban Township: questions
What is the median household income in Alban Township?
$106,860 (±$14,150) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,081 across South Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Alban Township?
0.1%, against 11.9% across South Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Alban Township?
10 minutes each way on average, against 18 across South Dakota and 26 nationally. 20% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Alban Township work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Milbank (38%, 4 mi), Sioux Falls (9%, 115 mi), Watertown (8%, 36 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Alban Township 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 Alban Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Alban Township
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.