Photo: TimothyMN · CC BY-SA 4.0Jobs and the daily commute in Bristol Township
0% of workers have no commute at all, next to 10% for South Dakota as a whole. Hardly any stay in Bristol Township for work; outside it, Webster is the main destination (12%, 14 miles). There are 22 jobs in Bristol Township, against 25 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Bristol Township by day
On a workday 25 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 22 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.88 per resident).
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 people from Bristol Township work
Where Bristol 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.
What Bristol Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bristol Township, 2013 → 2023: 5 → 22. 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 Bristol Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Bristol Township
of Bristol Township workers work from home, vs 10% across South Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 21 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.
Miles to work from Bristol Township
About 36% 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.
Bristol Township and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Andover Township (8%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bristol Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bristol Township | – | — | — | — | — |
| Andover Township | 8% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Kidder Township | under 4% | — | — | — | — |
| Valley Township | under 4% | — | — | — | — |
| Union Township | under 4% | — | — | 15 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Andover Township, Kidder Township, Valley 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 Bristol 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.
- Two counts of out-of-state work. The Census survey asks workers where they work: 0% of Bristol Township workers work outside South Dakota. The job records count 20% at employers in other states. The records use the address the employer reports and skip the self-employed, so the two can differ.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Bristol Township: questions
What is the poverty rate in Bristol Township?
0.0%, against 11.9% across South Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Bristol Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Webster (12%, 14 mi), Aberdeen (12%, 32 mi), Britton (8%, 29 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Bristol 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 Bristol Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bristol 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.