Blendon Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
20% of workers work from home, against 10% across South Dakota. Blendon Township has 4 jobs, against 36 working residents. Hardly any work in Blendon Township itself; outside it, Mitchell draws the most (42%, 12 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Blendon Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 36 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 4 people come in from elsewhere.
About 50 people are in Blendon Township on a workday afternoon, 39% 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 Blendon Township goes to work
Where Blendon 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.
Factories, building and farms: 50% of the jobs in Blendon Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Blendon Township, 2013 → 2023: 10 → 4. 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 Blendon Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Blendon Township: about 29 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Blendon Township workers work from home, vs 10% across South Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 56 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.
Half of Blendon Township commutes less than 17 miles
About 31% 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.
Around Blendon Township: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Blendon Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blendon Township | – | — | — | 29 min | $160,536 |
| Badger Township | under 3% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Palatine Township | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
| Mount Vernon Township | under 3% | — | — | 25 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Badger Township, Palatine Township and Mount Vernon Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Blendon 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 Blendon Township: questions
What is the median household income in Blendon Township?
$160,536 (±$131,412) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,081 across South Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Blendon Township?
0.0%, against 11.9% across South Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Blendon Township?
29 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 Blendon Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mitchell (42%, 12 mi), Sioux Falls (14%, 79 mi), Ethan (8%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Blendon 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 Blendon Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Blendon 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.