East Choteau Township has 0.0 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Employers in East Choteau Township report 1 jobs for 21 working residents. Hardly any work in East Choteau Township itself; outside it, Corsica draws the most (14%, 18 miles). For 42% of workers, the job is at home (South Dakota 10%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
East Choteau Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 21 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere.
About 15 people are in East Choteau Township on a workday afternoon, 57% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where the trip to work from East Choteau Township ends
Where East Choteau 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.
Services make up most of the work in East Choteau Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in East Choteau Township, 2014 → 2024: 1 → 1. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs East Choteau Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in East Choteau Township
of East Choteau Township workers work from home, vs 10% across South Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 11 commuters (the 42% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from East Choteau Township
About 33% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
East Choteau Township and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | East Choteau Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Choteau Township | – | — | — | — | $161,875 |
| Choteau Creek Township | under 5% | — | — | 16 min | — |
| Belmont Township | under 5% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Independence Township | under 5% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Oak Hollow Township | under 5% | — | — | — | — |
| Kennedy Township | under 5% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Choteau Creek Township, Belmont Township, Independence Township, Oak Hollow Township and Kennedy Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of East Choteau 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 2024, 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 East Choteau Township: questions
What is the median household income in East Choteau Township?
$161,875 (±$114,555) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,081 across South Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in East Choteau Township?
0.0%, against 11.9% across South Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in East Choteau Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Corsica (14%, 18 mi), Armour (10%, 11 mi), Sioux Falls (10%, 75 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around East Choteau 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 East Choteau Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of East Choteau Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.