Elrod Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Elrod Township has 8 jobs, and 36 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Elrod Township for work; outside it, Clark is the main destination (17%, 10 miles). Home is the office for 0% of workers, next to 10% for South Dakota as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Elrod Township
On a workday 36 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 8 people come in from elsewhere.
About 61 people are in Elrod Township on a workday afternoon, 31% 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 2023, primary jobs.
Where Elrod Township goes to work
Where Elrod Township clocks in
17% of workers
17% 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.
75% of the jobs in Elrod Township make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Elrod Township, 2013 → 2023: 2 → 8. 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 Elrod Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 18 minutes each way for Elrod Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Elrod Township workers work from home, vs 10% across South Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 37 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.
Half of Elrod Township commutes less than 20 miles
About 31% 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.
Elrod Township and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Elrod Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elrod Township | – | — | — | 18 min | $73,542 |
| Foxton Township | under 3% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Day Township | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
| Henry Township | under 3% | — | — | 28 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Foxton Township, Day Township and Henry Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Elrod 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 Elrod Township: questions
What is the median household income in Elrod Township?
$73,542 (±$2,022) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,081 across South Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Elrod Township?
4.8%, against 11.9% across South Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Elrod Township?
18 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 Elrod Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Clark (17%, 10 mi), Watertown (17%, 19 mi), Sioux Falls (11%, 100 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Elrod 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 Elrod Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Elrod 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.