Households in Delapre Township earn more than those in 94% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Delapre Township A+; getting around on foot earns it C−. Below the poverty line: 1.2% of residents; South Dakota has 11.9%. Working from home is the commute for 21% of workers, against 10% across South Dakota.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Delapre Township stands out on work
Much of Delapre Township works one town over
77% of working residents work in a town that borders Delapre Township: Sioux Falls (67%), Tea (7%) and Harrisburg (2%). Next door ↓
Delapre Township makes and builds things
53% of the jobs based in Delapre Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Delapre Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 17%. The jobs ↓
Delapre Township has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Delapre Township went from 1,223 in 2013 to 2,100 in 2023, +72%. The jobs ↓
Delapre Township is where the jobs are
Delapre Township has 2,100 jobs, 1.8 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 3,000 people are in town, 46% more than the 2,100 who live here. Day and night ↓
Most Delapre Township residents work close to home
69% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
The figures behind Delapre Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Delapre Township is better than 98% of U.S. towns. Unemployment is its strongest input (hardly any, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 65% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A firm grade. At either end of the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Delapre Township stays A+.
Goods, not services: 53% of the jobs in Delapre Township
2,100 jobs are based in Delapre Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Delapre Township, 2013 → 2023: 1,223 → 2,100. 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 Delapre Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How a workday changes Delapre Township
On a workday 1,103 residents head out to work, 46 work right here, and 2,054 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,000 people are in Delapre Township on a workday afternoon, 46% more than live here.
1.8 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Miles to work from Delapre Township
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.
Where Delapre Township’s workers come from
Where Delapre 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.
The trip to work from Delapre Township: about 19 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Delapre Township workers work from home, vs 10% across South Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 823 commuters (the 21% 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.
Delapre Township is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Delapre Township is more walkable than 17% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Delapre Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,042 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.0% of Delapre Township households have no vehicle (South Dakota 5.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Delapre Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Delapre Township is 77th among 5,793 U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,800
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
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| 75 | Manchaca TX | 2,171 | $155K | 0.9% | 2.9% | 1% | A+ |
| 76 | Ohio Township KS | 2,219 | $158K | 0.6% | 0.6% | 4% | A+ |
| 77 | Delapre Township SD | 2,053 | $141K | 1.2% | 0.0% | 4% | A+ |
| 78 | Holly Hills CO | 2,572 | $122K | 6.1% | 0.0% | 3% | A+ |
| 79 | Maunawili HI | 2,024 | $177K | 1.6% | 1.6% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 109 | Springdale Township SD | 2,229 | $151K | 1.3% | 0.2% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 276 | Mapleton Township SD | 2,063 | $111K | 2.4% | 2.7% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 289 | Crooks SD | 1,415 | $99K | 0.5% | 1.4% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 5,793 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Delapre Township, the top three, the last and three more from South Dakota.
77% of Delapre Township works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Sioux Falls (67%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Delapre Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delapre Township | – | A+ | C− | 19 min | $141,058 |
| Tea | 7% | A | B | 20 min | $120,139 |
| Sioux Falls | 67% | B+ | A− | 17 min | $75,970 |
| Harrisburg | 2% | A+ | C | 22 min | $108,724 |
| Springdale Township | 1% | A+ | D | 25 min | $151,000 |
| Home Township | under 1% | — | — | 19 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Home Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Delapre 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 Delapre Township: questions
What is the median household income in Delapre Township?
$141,058 (±$16,625) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,081 across South Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Delapre Township?
1.2%, against 11.9% across South Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Delapre Township?
19 minutes each way on average, against 18 across South Dakota and 26 nationally. 21% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Delapre Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sioux Falls (67%, 8 mi), Tea (7%, 2 mi), Harrisburg (2%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Delapre Township walkable?
Delapre Township is more walkable than 17% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.2 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Delapre Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Delapre Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Delapre 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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.