Most of Cavour Township commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any work in Cavour Township itself; outside it, Huron draws the most (34%, 9 miles). There are 7 jobs in Cavour Township, against 41 working residents. Working from home is the commute for 22% of workers, next to 10% for South Dakota as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Cavour Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 41 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 7 people come in from elsewhere.
About 57 people are in Cavour Township on a workday afternoon, 37% 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 Cavour Township’s working residents head each day
Where Cavour Township clocks in
5% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 43% of the jobs in Cavour Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cavour Township, 2013 → 2023: 16 → 7. 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 Cavour Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 26 minutes in Cavour Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cavour Township workers work from home, vs 10% across South Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 69 commuters (the 22% 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 Cavour Township’s workers travel
About 41% 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 Cavour Township compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Cavour Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cavour Township | – | — | — | 26 min | $168,333 |
| Cavour | under 3% | — | — | 15 min | — |
| Banner Township | under 3% | — | — | 18 min | — |
| Richland Township | under 3% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Valley Township | under 3% | — | — | 8 min | — |
| Liberty Township | under 3% | — | — | 28 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Cavour, Banner Township, Richland Township, Valley Township and Liberty Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Cavour 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 Cavour Township: questions
What is the median household income in Cavour Township?
$168,333 (±$45,988) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,081 across South Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cavour Township?
5.0%, against 11.9% across South Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cavour Township?
26 minutes each way on average, against 18 across South Dakota and 26 nationally. 22% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cavour Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Huron (34%, 9 mi), Aberdeen (7%, 76 mi), De Smet (5%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Cavour 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 Cavour Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cavour 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.