About two in three of Benton Township’s working residents commute to Sioux Falls
A typical one-way commute lasts 25 minutes (South Dakota 18, U.S. 26). Hardly any stay in Benton Township for work; outside it, Sioux Falls is the main destination (69%, 9 miles). 17% of workers work from home; South Dakota has 10%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Benton Township and work: the main findings
More than half of Benton Township works in Sioux Falls
280 working residents, 69%, have their main job in Sioux Falls, 8.7 miles away across the town line. That’s far more as work in Benton Township itself. The commute map ↓
Benton Township makes and builds things
64% of the jobs based in Benton Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Benton Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 18%. The jobs ↓
Most Benton Township residents work close to home
64% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 406 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The towns that employ Benton Township’s residents
Where Benton Township clocks in
2% 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.
In Benton Township, 64% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
332 jobs are based in Benton Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Benton Township, 2014 → 2024: 116 → 332. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Benton Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Benton Township goes to work
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
A workday in Benton Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 404 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 330 people come in from elsewhere.
About 670 people are in Benton Township on a workday afternoon, 10% fewer than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.82 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Each way, about 25 minutes from Benton Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Benton Township workers work from home, vs 10% across South Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 300 commuters (the 17% 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.
Work next door: 71% of Benton Township’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Benton Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benton Township | – | — | — | 25 min | $103,015 |
| Crooks | 1% | A | C | 26 min | $98,984 |
| Sioux Falls | 69% | B+ | A− | 17 min | $75,970 |
| Hartford Township | under 1% | — | — | 40 min | — |
| Mapleton Township | 1% | A | C | 23 min | $110,972 |
| Lyons Township | under 1% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Wayne Township | under 1% | — | — | 25 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Hartford Township, Lyons Township and Wayne Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Sioux Falls. Darker towns draw more of Benton 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 2024, 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 Benton Township: questions
What is the median household income in Benton Township?
$103,015 (±$32,427) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,081 across South Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Benton Township?
0.8%, against 11.9% across South Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Benton Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 18 across South Dakota and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Benton Township work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sioux Falls (69%, 9 mi), Brandon (3%, 13 mi), Sioux City (2%, 82 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Benton Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Benton Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Benton Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.