With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Fair Township works elsewhere
3 jobs are based in Fair Township, and 37 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Fair Township itself; outside it, Sioux Falls draws the most (22%, 64 miles). 21% of workers work from home, against 10% across South Dakota.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Fair Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 37 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere.
About 57 people are in Fair Township on a workday afternoon, 37% 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.
Commuting out of Fair Township: the destinations
Where Fair Township clocks in
11% 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.
The kinds of work in Fair Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fair Township, 2013 → 2023: 13 → 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 Fair Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Fair Township
of Fair Township workers work from home, vs 10% across South Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 11 commuters (the 21% 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.
Miles to work from Fair Township
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.
Fair Township and the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Fair Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fair Township | – | — | — | — | — |
| Kaylor Township | under 3% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Oak Hollow Township | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
| German Township | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Kaylor Township, Oak Hollow Township and German Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Fair 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 Fair Township: questions
What is the poverty rate in Fair Township?
0.0%, against 11.9% across South Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Fair Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sioux Falls (22%, 64 mi), Yankton (11%, 35 mi), Mitchell (11%, 36 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Fair 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 Fair Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fair 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.