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Jobs & commute in Glenham

With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Glenham works elsewhere

0% of workers have no commute at all, where South Dakota as a whole has 10%. There are 9 jobs in Glenham for 55 working residents. Hardly any stay in Glenham for work; outside it, Selby is the main destination (20%, 12 miles).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

How many people are in Glenham by day

On a workday 55 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 9 people come in from elsewhere.

55live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
9work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night110
Workday60
110live here− 55head out to work+ 9come in to work= 60on a workday

About 60 people are in Glenham on a workday afternoon, 43% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.16jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

The commute map

Commuting out of Glenham: the destinations

Atlantic: 1 residents work here (2%)Linton: 1 residents work here (2%)GlenhamMcLaughlin: 3 residents work here (5%)Java: 1 residents work here (2%)Selby: 11 residents work here (20%)IpswichGettysburg: 3 residents work here (5%)Mobridge: 7 residents work here (13%)Pierre: 2 residents work here (4%)Aberdeen: 4 residents work here (7%)Sioux Falls: 4 residents work here (7%)Harmon TownshipFort ThompsonSelbyMobridgeAberdeenSioux FallsMcLaughlinGettysburgGlenham
1
Selby11.7 mi away
20%11
2
Mobridge7.9 mi away
13%7
3
Aberdeen87.4 mi away
7%4
4
Sioux Falls222.1 mi away
7%4
5
McLaughlin32.5 mi away
5%3
6
Gettysburg39.5 mi away
5%3
7
Pierre80 mi away
4%2
8
Atlantic, IA388.6 mi away
2%1
9
Linton, ND50.9 mi away
2%1
10
Java18.9 mi away
2%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
33%18
The top trips

Where Glenham 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.

The jobs

Services make up most of the work in Glenham

Jobs based in GlenhamJobs Glenham residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%13%
Trade, transport & utilities11%22%
Services: health, schools, offices89%65%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less89%13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month11%31%
Over $3,333 a month0%56%

Who does it

29 or younger44%15%
30 to 5444%47%
55 and older11%38%

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 Glenham’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

The trip to work from Glenham: about 17 minutes

A year of commuting
130 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.4 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Glenham17 min
South Dakota18 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
0%

of Glenham workers work from home, vs 10% across South Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Glenham gets to work
86%Drive alone
5%Carpool
9%Walk

Share of the 44 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 far

How far Glenham goes to work

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miSelby: 20% · 11.7 miMobridge: 13% · 7.9 miAberdeen: 7% · 87.4 miSioux Falls: 7% · 222.1 miMcLaughlin: 5% · 32.5 miGettysburg: 5% · 39.5 miPierre: 4% · 80 miAtlantic: 2% · 388.6 miLinton: 2% · 50.9 miJava: 2% · 18.9 miSelby 20%Mobridge 13%Sioux Falls 7%McLaughlin 5%Glenham
GlenhamTop destinations (size = commuters)
15%Under 10 mi8 residents
28%10–24 mi15 residents
19%25–50 mi10 residents
38%Over 50 mi20 residents

About 38% 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 to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Glenham: questions

What is the median household income in Glenham?

$50,625 (±$43,229) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,081 across South Dakota and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Glenham?

2.1%, against 11.9% across South Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Glenham?

17 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 Glenham work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Selby (20%, 12 mi), Mobridge (13%, 8 mi), Aberdeen (7%, 87 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Glenham 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 Glenham, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Glenham

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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.