St. Paul Lutheran Church and Cemetery · Photo: AmericanAssociationKnowItAll · CC BY-SA 4.0Brule Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.0 for each
Hardly any work in Brule Township itself; outside it, Elk Point draws the most (22%, 8 miles). Employers in Brule Township report 5 jobs, and 109 of its residents work somewhere. 0% of workers have no commute at all, against 10% across South Dakota.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Brule Township on a workday
On a workday 109 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 5 people come in from elsewhere.
About 160 people are in Brule 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 people from Brule Township work
Where Brule Township clocks in
22% of workers
8% 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.
In Brule Township, 40% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Brule Township, 2013 → 2023: 30 → 5. 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 Brule Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 17 minutes from Brule Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Brule Township workers work from home, vs 10% across South Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 208 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.
Half of Brule Township commutes less than 23 miles
About 21% 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 to Brule Township
The biggest share goes to Elk Point Township (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Brule Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brule Township | – | — | — | 17 min | $250,000+ |
| Spink Township | under 3% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Elk Point Township | 6% | — | — | — | — |
| Fairview Township | under 3% | — | — | 22 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Spink Township, Elk Point Township and Fairview Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Brule 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.
- A ceiling on income. The Census stops at $250,000+, so the true median may be higher.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Brule Township: questions
What is the median household income in Brule Township?
$250,000+ (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,081 across South Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Brule Township?
0.0%, against 11.9% across South Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Brule Township?
17 minutes each way on average, against 18 across South Dakota and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Brule Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Elk Point (22%, 8 mi), Sioux Falls (9%, 53 mi), Sioux City (8%, 27 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Brule 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 Brule Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Brule 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.