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Jobs & commute in Belleview Township

Work means Howard for about half of Belleview Township’s working residents

Commuters spend 3 minutes getting to work on average, next to 18 for South Dakota and 26 for the U.S. 0% of workers have no commute at all, where South Dakota as a whole has 10%. Hardly any work in Belleview Township; the top destination outside it is Howard (46%, 11 miles).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

Belleview Township quiets down on a workday

On a workday 13 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere.

13live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
2work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night53
Workday42
53live here− 13head out to work+ 2come in to work= 42on a workday

About 42 people are in Belleview Township on a workday afternoon, 21% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.15jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

0.15 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.

The commute map

The places Belleview Township commutes to

Howard: 6 residents work here (46%)CarthageClear LakeMadison: 1 residents work here (8%)Mitchell: 3 residents work here (23%)Sioux Falls: 2 residents work here (15%)Canova Township: 1 residents work here (8%)Grafton TownshipHenden TownshipWayne TownshipWhitewood TownshipBelleview TownshipHowardMitchellSioux FallsMadisonCanova TownshipBelleview Township
1
Howard10.8 mi away
46%6
2
Mitchell42.2 mi away
23%3
3
Sioux Falls54.7 mi away
15%2
4
Madison18.9 mi away
8%1
5
Canova Township18.9 mi away
8%1
The top trips

Where Belleview 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.

The jobs

Belleview Township makes things: 100% of its jobs are in goods

2 jobs are based in Belleview Township.

Jobs based in Belleview TownshipJobs Belleview Township residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms100%23%
Trade, transport & utilities0%0%
Services: health, schools, offices0%77%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less0%23%
$1,251–$3,333 a month0%46%
Over $3,333 a month100%31%

Who does it

29 or younger0%54%
30 to 5450%8%
55 and older50%38%

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 Belleview Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

About 3 minutes each way for Belleview Township’s commuters

A year of commuting
26 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 1.1 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Belleview Township3 min
South Dakota18 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
0%

of Belleview Township workers work from home, vs 10% across South Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Belleview Township gets to work
62%Drive alone
38%Walk

Share of the 16 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.

How far

The commute from Belleview Township, by distance

10 mi25 mi50 mi65 miHoward: 46% · 10.8 miMitchell: 23% · 42.2 miSioux Falls: 15% · 54.7 miMadison: 8% · 18.9 miCanova Township: 8% · 18.9 miHoward 46%Mitchell 23%Sioux Falls 15%Madison 8%Canova Township 8%Belleview Township
Belleview TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
15%Under 10 mi2 residents
46%10–24 mi6 residents
23%25–50 mi3 residents
15%Over 50 mi2 residents

About 15% 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.

Next door

Next door to Belleview Township

10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Belleview Township3 min
Wayne Township15 min
Grafton Township18 min
Whitewood Township28 min
Henden Township34 min

Jobs & commute next door

TownBelleview Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Belleview Township–——3 min$69,028
Whitewood Townshipunder 8%——28 min—
Wayne Townshipunder 8%——15 min—
Grafton Townshipunder 8%——18 min—
Henden Townshipunder 8%——34 min—

Same-state neighbors only. Whitewood Township, Wayne Township, Grafton Township and Henden Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Belleview Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Belleview Township: questions

What is the median household income in Belleview Township?

$69,028 (±$1,984) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,081 across South Dakota and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Belleview Township?

0.0%, against 11.9% across South Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Belleview Township?

3 minutes each way on average, against 18 across South Dakota and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Belleview Township work?

0% work in town.

Can you get around Belleview 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 Belleview Township, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Belleview Township

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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.