Burr Oak Township has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
0% of workers work from home, where South Dakota as a whole has 10%. Burr Oak Township has 2 jobs, and 19 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Burr Oak Township for work; outside it, Huron is the main destination (21%, 23 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Burr Oak Township by day
On a workday 19 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere.
About 17 people are in Burr Oak Township on a workday afternoon, 50% 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.
Out of Burr Oak Township to work: where people go
Where Burr Oak 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 Burr Oak Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Burr Oak Township, 2013 → 2023: 1 → 2. 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 Burr Oak Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Burr Oak Township
of Burr Oak Township workers work from home, vs 10% across South Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 20 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.
The commute from Burr Oak Township, by distance
About 42% 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.
How Burr Oak Township compares with the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Burr Oak Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burr Oak Township | – | — | — | — | — |
| Kellogg Township | under 6% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Bates Township | under 6% | — | — | — | — |
| Chery Township | under 6% | — | — | — | — |
| Sand Creek Township | under 6% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Kellogg Township, Bates Township, Chery Township and Sand Creek Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Burr Oak 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 Burr Oak Township workers work outside South Dakota. The job records count 16% 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 Burr Oak Township: questions
What is the poverty rate in Burr Oak Township?
0.0%, against 11.9% across South Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Burr Oak Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Huron (21%, 23 mi), Wolsey (16%, 14 mi), Redfield Township (11%, 43 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Burr Oak 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 Burr Oak Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Burr Oak 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.