Day Township has 3.0 jobs for every working resident: 88 people commute in to work
Home is the office for 25% of workers, where South Dakota as a whole has 10%. There are 88 jobs in Day Township for 29 working residents. Hardly any work in Day Township; the top destination outside it is Clark (24%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Day Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 29 residents head out to work and none work right here.
About 170 people are in Day Township on a workday afternoon, 55% more 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.
The daily trip into Day Township
Where Day Township clocks in
24% of workers
24% of workers
7% 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.
Goods, not services: 95% of the jobs in Day Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Day Township, 2013 → 2023: 57 → 88. 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 Day Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Day Township
of Day Township workers work from home, vs 10% across South Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 49 commuters (the 25% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Day Township
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.
Bordering towns draw 27% of Day Township’s workers
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Day Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day Township | – | — | — | — | $117,750 |
| Clark | 24% | C− | B+ | 18 min | $58,750 |
| Mount Pleasant Township | under 4% | — | — | — | — |
| Merton Township | under 4% | — | — | — | — |
| Elrod Township | 3% | — | — | 18 min | — |
| Lincoln Township | under 4% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Mount Pleasant Township, Merton Township, Elrod Township and Lincoln Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Clark. Darker towns draw more of Day 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 Day Township: questions
What is the median household income in Day Township?
$117,750 (±$30,548) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,081 across South Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Day Township?
0.0%, against 11.9% across South Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Day Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Clark (24%, 5 mi), Watertown (24%, 25 mi), Vermillion (7%, 147 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Day 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 Day Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Day 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.