Work and commuting in Alliance Township
Below the poverty line: 27.3% of residents, next to 11.9% across South Dakota. Only 3% work in Alliance Township itself; outside it, Sioux Falls draws the most (24%, 28 miles). Employers in Alliance Township report 23 jobs for 33 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Alliance Township by day and by night
On a workday 32 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 22 people come in from elsewhere.
About 86 people are in Alliance Township on a workday afternoon, 10% fewer than live here.
0.70 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.
Out of Alliance Township to work: where people go
Where Alliance Township 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.
Goods jobs make up 91% of work in Alliance Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Alliance Township, 2013 → 2023: 12 → 23. 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 Alliance Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Alliance Township commutes
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.
How Alliance Township compares with the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Alliance Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance Township | – | — | — | — | — |
| Highland Township | under 4% | — | — | 16 min | — |
| Blinsmon Township | under 4% | — | — | — | — |
| Lone Rock Township | under 4% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Highland Township, Blinsmon Township and Lone Rock Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Alliance 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 Alliance Township: questions
What is the poverty rate in Alliance Township?
27.3%, against 11.9% across South Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Alliance Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sioux Falls (24%, 28 mi), Brookings (18%, 32 mi), Colman (9%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Alliance Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Alliance 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.