Foster Township has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Foster Township has 34 jobs; 119 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Foster Township itself; outside it, Parkston draws the most (21%, 10 miles). Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, where South Dakota as a whole has 10%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Foster Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 119 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 34 people come in from elsewhere.
About 180 people are in Foster Township on a workday afternoon, 32% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where the trip to work from Foster Township ends
Where Foster 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.
Foster Township works in goods: 100% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Foster Township, 2014 → 2024: 5 → 34. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Foster Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Foster Township
of Foster 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.
How many miles Foster Township commutes
About 23% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
How Foster Township compares with the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Foster Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foster Township | – | — | — | — | — |
| Milltown Township | under 3% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Milltown | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
| Cross Plains Township | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
| Clayton Township | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Milltown Township, Milltown, Cross Plains Township and Clayton Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Foster 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 2024, 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 Foster Township: questions
What is the poverty rate in Foster Township?
68.9%, against 11.9% across South Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Foster Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Parkston (21%, 10 mi), Freeman (13%, 21 mi), Mitchell (11%, 21 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Foster 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 Foster Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Foster Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.