Most of Capital Township commutes out: there are 0.0 jobs for every working resident
Employers in Capital Township report 1 jobs, and 36 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Capital Township itself; outside it, Freeman draws the most (17%, 16 miles). 0% of workers have no commute at all (South Dakota 10%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Capital Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 36 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere.
About 46 people are in Capital Township on a workday afternoon, 43% 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 Capital Township’s working residents head each day
Where Capital 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Capital Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Capital Township
of Capital Township workers work from home, vs 10% across South Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 10 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.
How many miles Capital Township commutes
About 22% 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.
Capital Township and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Capital Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capital Township | – | — | — | — | — |
| Kaylor Township | under 3% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Wittenberg Township | under 3% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Sweet Township | under 3% | — | — | 8 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Kaylor Township, Wittenberg Township and Sweet Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Capital 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 Capital Township: questions
What is the poverty rate in Capital Township?
0.0%, against 11.9% across South Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Capital Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Freeman (17%, 16 mi), Tyndall (11%, 18 mi), Tripp (8%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Capital 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 Capital Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Capital 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.