Minuteman Missile National Historic Site · Photo: Spencer · CC BY-SA 3.0Rapid City draws about three in four of Fairview Township’s working residents
Hardly any stay in Fairview Township for work; outside it, Rapid City is the main destination (74%, 51 miles). Employers in Fairview Township report 5 jobs; 19 of its residents have a job. For 6% of workers, the job is at home, 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
Fairview Township by day and by night
On a workday 19 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 5 people come in from elsewhere.
About 60 people are in Fairview Township on a workday afternoon, 19% fewer than live here.
0.26 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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 Fairview Township goes to work
Where Fairview Township clocks in
74% of workers
5% 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.
Making and building: 100% of jobs based in Fairview Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Fairview Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Fairview Township
of Fairview Township workers work from home, vs 10% across South Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 44 commuters (the 6% 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.
How far it is to work from Fairview Township
About 53% 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.
Fairview Township and its neighbors
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Fairview Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairview Township | – | — | — | — | — |
| Wall | under 6% | — | — | 17 min | — |
| Crooked Creek Township | under 6% | — | — | — | — |
| Quinn Township | under 6% | — | — | — | — |
| Conata Township | under 6% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Wall, Crooked Creek Township, Quinn Township and Conata Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Fairview 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 Fairview Township: questions
What is the poverty rate in Fairview Township?
0.0%, against 11.9% across South Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Fairview Township work?
0% work in town.
Can you get around Fairview 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 Fairview Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fairview 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.