Photo: Runner1928 · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Bridgewater Township commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
4 jobs are based in Bridgewater Township; 74 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Bridgewater Township itself; outside it, Sioux Falls draws the most (39%, 40 miles). The trip to work takes 34 minutes on average; South Dakota averages 18, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Bridgewater Township
On a workday 74 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 4 people come in from elsewhere.
About 52 people are in Bridgewater Township on a workday afternoon, 57% 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 Bridgewater Township’s working residents head each day
Where Bridgewater Township clocks in
11% of workers
4% 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.
The kinds of work in Bridgewater Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bridgewater Township, 2013 → 2023: 2 → 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 Bridgewater Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 34 minutes in Bridgewater Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bridgewater Township workers work from home, vs 10% across South Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 64 commuters (the 15% 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.
Where in the region Bridgewater Township works
About 16% 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.
Bridgewater Township and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Bridgewater (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bridgewater Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bridgewater Township | – | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Jefferson Township | under 2% | — | — | 36 min | — |
| Bridgewater | 4% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Taylor Township | under 2% | — | — | 18 min | — |
| Union Township | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Jefferson Township, Bridgewater, Taylor Township and Union Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Bridgewater 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 Bridgewater Township: questions
What is the poverty rate in Bridgewater Township?
0.0%, against 11.9% across South Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bridgewater Township?
34 minutes each way on average, against 18 across South Dakota and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bridgewater Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sioux Falls (39%, 40 mi), Canistota (11%, 13 mi), Bridgewater (4%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Bridgewater 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 Bridgewater Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bridgewater 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.