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Jobs & commute in Broadland Township

Jobs and earnings in Broadland Township, and the trip to work

49% of workers have no commute at all, against 10% across South Dakota. Hardly any work in Broadland Township itself; outside it, Huron draws the most (18%, 14 miles). Employers in Broadland Township report 21 jobs for 17 working residents.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

How a workday changes Broadland Township

On a workday 17 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 21 people come in from elsewhere.

17live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
21work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night47
Workday51
47live here− 17head out to work+ 21come in to work= 51on a workday

About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.

Job hub or commuter town?
1.24jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

About as many jobs as working residents (1.24 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.

The commute map

The towns that employ Broadland Township’s residents

Hitchcock: 2 residents work here (12%)Northville: 1 residents work here (6%)Wessington: 1 residents work here (6%)Miller: 1 residents work here (6%)BroadlandGarretson: 1 residents work here (6%)Redfield: 1 residents work here (6%)Wolsey: 1 residents work here (6%)Huron: 3 residents work here (18%)Mitchell: 2 residents work here (12%)Brookings: 1 residents work here (6%)PierreAberdeenAlpha TownshipSherman TownshipAltoona TownshipAllen TownshipClyde TownshipLake Sinai TownshipFairfield TownshipHartland TownshipBroadland TownshipHuronHitchcockMitchellNorthvilleWessingtonMillerBroadland Township
1
Huron13.6 mi away
18%3
2
Hitchcock8.2 mi away
12%2
3
Mitchell56.8 mi away
12%2
4
Northville45.4 mi away
6%1
5
Wessington15.8 mi away
6%1
6
Miller29.5 mi away
6%1
7
Garretson108.5 mi away
6%1
8
Redfield25.8 mi away
6%1
9
Wolsey8.2 mi away
6%1
10
Brookings80.3 mi away
6%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
18%3
The top trips

Where Broadland 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.

The jobs

Making and building: 57% of jobs based in Broadland Township

Jobs based in Broadland TownshipJobs Broadland Township residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms57%29%
Trade, transport & utilities43%24%
Services: health, schools, offices0%47%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less14%35%
$1,251–$3,333 a month10%18%
Over $3,333 a month76%47%

Who does it

29 or younger29%18%
30 to 5448%41%
55 and older24%41%
+75%

Jobs based in Broadland Township, 2013 → 2023: 12 → 21. 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 Broadland Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Working from home in Broadland Township

Working from home
49%

of Broadland Township workers work from home, vs 10% across South Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.

About 5 in 10
How Broadland Township gets to work
68%Drive alone
32%Carpool

Share of the 22 commuters (the 49% 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.

How far

How far Broadland Township goes to work

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miHuron: 18% · 13.6 miHitchcock: 12% · 8.2 miMitchell: 12% · 56.8 miNorthville: 6% · 45.4 miWessington: 6% · 15.8 miMiller: 6% · 29.5 miGarretson: 6% · 108.5 miRedfield: 6% · 25.8 miWolsey: 6% · 8.2 miBrookings: 6% · 80.3 miHuron 18%Hitchcock 12%Mitchell 12%Northville 6%Wessington 6%Broadland Township
Broadland TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
12%Under 10 mi2 residents
47%10–24 mi8 residents
12%25–50 mi2 residents
29%Over 50 mi5 residents

About 29% 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.

Next door

The towns around Broadland Township

10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Allen Township12 min
Hartland Township13 min
Fairfield Township17 min

Jobs & commute next door

TownBroadland Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Broadland Township–————
Allen Townshipunder 6%——12 min—
Broadlandunder 6%————
Fairfield Townshipunder 6%——17 min—
Hartland Townshipunder 6%——13 min—

Same-state neighbors only. Allen Township, Broadland, Fairfield Township and Hartland Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Broadland Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Broadland Township: questions

What is the poverty rate in Broadland Township?

43.4%, against 11.9% across South Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Broadland Township work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Huron (18%, 14 mi), Hitchcock (12%, 8 mi), Mitchell (12%, 57 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Broadland 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 Broadland Township, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Broadland Township

Broadland Township home →

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.