Most of Blaine Township commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
For 0% of workers, the job is at home, where South Dakota as a whole has 10%. There are 5 jobs in Blaine Township for 16 working residents. Hardly any work in Blaine Township; the top destination outside it is Clark (13%, 18 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Blaine Township by day
On a workday 16 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 5 people come in from elsewhere.
About 29 people are in Blaine Township on a workday afternoon, 28% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where Blaine Township’s working residents head each day
Where Blaine Township clocks in
13% of workers
13% 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.
What Blaine Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Blaine Township, 2013 → 2023: 4 → 5. 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 Blaine Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Blaine Township
of Blaine Township workers work from home, vs 10% across South Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 53 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.
The distance from Blaine Township to work
About 56% 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 Blaine Township compares with the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Blaine Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blaine Township | – | — | — | — | — |
| Cottonwood Township | under 7% | — | — | — | — |
| Maydell Township | under 7% | — | — | — | — |
| Eden Township | under 7% | — | — | — | — |
| Highland Township | under 7% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Cottonwood Township, Maydell Township, Eden Township and Highland Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Blaine 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 Blaine Township: questions
What is the poverty rate in Blaine Township?
0.0%, against 11.9% across South Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Blaine Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Clark (13%, 18 mi), Sioux Falls (13%, 116 mi), Rapid City (13%, 287 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Blaine 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 Blaine Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Blaine 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.