Photo: The original uploader was Dekkanar at English Wikipedia. · CC BY-SA 3.0How Elk Point Township works: jobs, income and commuting
Elk Point Township has 89 jobs, and 92 of its residents work somewhere. Home is the office for 18% of workers, next to 10% for South Dakota as a whole. Only 1% stay in Elk Point Township for work; outside it, Elk Point is the main destination (23%, 1 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Elk Point Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 91 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 88 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 (0.97 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.
Where Elk Point Township’s working residents head each day
Where Elk Point Township clocks in
23% 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: 75% of the jobs in Elk Point Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Elk Point Township, 2013 → 2023: 78 → 89. 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 Elk Point Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Elk Point Township
of Elk Point Township workers work from home, vs 10% across South Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 33 commuters (the 18% 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.
Elk Point Township’s commute, mile by mile
About 32% 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.
How Elk Point Township compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Elk Point Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elk Point Township | – | — | — | — | $109,500 |
| Brule Township | under 3% | — | — | 17 min | — |
| Jefferson Township | under 3% | A | B | 21 min | $196,442 |
| Civil Bend Township | under 3% | — | — | 11 min | — |
| Fairview Township | under 3% | — | — | 22 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Brule Township, Civil Bend Township and Fairview Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Elk Point 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 Elk Point Township: questions
What is the median household income in Elk Point Township?
$109,500 (±$25,233) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,081 across South Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Elk Point Township?
0.0%, against 11.9% across South Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Elk Point Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Elk Point (23%, 1 mi), Sioux Falls (14%, 58 mi), North Sioux City (11%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Elk Point 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 Elk Point Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Elk Point 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.