Earning a living in East Hanson Township
East Hanson Township has 50 jobs, against 50 working residents. Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, next to 10% for South Dakota as a whole. Hardly any work in East Hanson Township; the top destination outside it is Aberdeen (36%, 22 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes East Hanson Township
On a workday 50 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 50 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.00 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting out of East Hanson Township: the destinations
Where East Hanson 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 kinds of work in East Hanson Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in East Hanson Township, 2013 → 2023: 7 → 50. 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 East Hanson Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in East Hanson Township
of East Hanson Township workers work from home, vs 10% across South Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 30 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.
The distance from East Hanson Township to work
About 26% 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.
East Hanson Township and the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | East Hanson Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Hanson Township | – | — | — | — | — |
| West Hanson Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Bates Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Groton Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Andover Township | under 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. West Hanson Township, Bates Township, Groton Township and Andover Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of East Hanson 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 East Hanson Township: questions
What is the poverty rate in East Hanson Township?
0.0%, against 11.9% across South Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in East Hanson Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Aberdeen (36%, 22 mi), Groton (14%, 7 mi), Warner (8%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around East Hanson Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 93% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from East Hanson Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of East Hanson 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.