Brookfield Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Home is the office for 18% of workers, next to 10% for South Dakota as a whole. Employers in Brookfield Township report 18 jobs for 74 working residents. Hardly any stay in Brookfield Township for work; outside it, Sioux Falls is the main destination (39%, 34 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Brookfield Township
On a workday 74 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 18 people come in from elsewhere.
About 85 people are in Brookfield Township on a workday afternoon, 40% 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 Brookfield Township goes to work
Where Brookfield Township clocks in
14% 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.
78% of the jobs in Brookfield Township make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Brookfield Township, 2013 → 2023: 7 → 18. 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 Brookfield Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Brookfield Township spends getting to work: about 19 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Brookfield Township workers work from home, vs 10% across South Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 114 commuters (the 18% 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 commute from Brookfield Township, by distance
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.
Brookfield Township and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Brookfield Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brookfield Township | – | — | — | 19 min | $84,423 |
| Sun Prairie Township | under 3% | — | — | 18 min | — |
| Richland Township | under 3% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Ramsey Township | under 3% | — | — | 53 min | — |
| Clarno Township | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Sun Prairie Township, Richland Township, Ramsey Township and Clarno Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Brookfield 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 Brookfield Township: questions
What is the median household income in Brookfield Township?
$84,423 (±$37,796) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,081 across South Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Brookfield Township?
12.5%, against 11.9% across South Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Brookfield Township?
19 minutes each way on average, against 18 across South Dakota and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Brookfield Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sioux Falls (39%, 34 mi), Salem (14%, 7 mi), Mitchell (7%, 37 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Brookfield 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 Brookfield Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Brookfield 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.