Hoover Store · Photo: Jon Roanhaus · CC BY-SA 3.0About half of Dexter Township’s working residents commute to Watertown
Commuters spend 23 minutes getting to work on average, against 18 across South Dakota and 26 nationally. Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers; South Dakota has 10%. Hardly any work in Dexter Township; the top destination outside it is Watertown (50%, 16 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Dexter Township
On a workday 86 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere.
About 130 people are in Dexter Township on a workday afternoon, 39% fewer than live here.
0.03 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute 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.
The towns that employ Dexter Township’s residents
Where Dexter Township clocks in
50% 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.
Making and building: 100% of jobs based in Dexter Township
3 jobs are based in Dexter Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dexter Township, 2013 → 2023: 2 → 3. 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 Dexter Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 23 minutes each way, longer than most of South Dakota
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dexter Township workers work from home, vs 10% across South Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 87 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 Dexter Township commutes
About 35% 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.
Work in the towns next to Dexter Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Dexter Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dexter Township | – | — | — | 23 min | $75,750 |
| Germantown Township | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Fuller Township | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Egeland Township | under 2% | — | — | 35 min | — |
| Eden Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Germantown Township, Fuller Township, Egeland Township and Eden Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Dexter 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 Dexter Township: questions
What is the median household income in Dexter Township?
$75,750 (±$11,370) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,081 across South Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dexter Township?
0.0%, against 11.9% across South Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dexter Township?
23 minutes each way on average, against 18 across South Dakota and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Dexter Township work?
0% work in town.
Can you get around Dexter 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 Dexter Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dexter 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.