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Jobs & commute in Golden View Colony

Work means Sioux Falls for more than half of Golden View Colony’s working residents

Hardly any stay in Golden View Colony for work; outside it, Sioux Falls is the main destination (54%, 37 miles). 0% of workers work from home, where South Dakota as a whole has 10%. Golden View Colony has 46 working residents in the Census job records, and no jobs of its own there.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

How a workday changes Golden View Colony

On a workday 46 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.

46live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
0work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night60
Workday14
60live here− 46head out to work+ 0come in to work= 14on a workday

About 14 people are in Golden View Colony on a workday afternoon, 77% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.00jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

0.00 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 2024, primary jobs.

The commute map

The places Golden View Colony commutes to

Montrose: 2 residents work here (4%)Humboldt: 1 residents work here (2%)Salem: 5 residents work here (11%)Vermillion: 1 residents work here (2%)Mitchell: 1 residents work here (2%)Brookings: 3 residents work here (7%)Sioux Falls: 25 residents work here (54%)Willmar Township: 1 residents work here (2%)Springdale Township: 1 residents work here (2%)Lake View Township: 1 residents work here (2%)Golden View ColonySioux FallsSalemBrookingsMontroseHumboldtVermillionGolden View Colony
1
Sioux Falls37.2 mi away
54%25
2
Salem3.3 mi away
11%5
3
Brookings53.2 mi away
7%3
4
Montrose13 mi away
4%2
5
Humboldt18.8 mi away
2%1
6
Vermillion68.3 mi away
2%1
7
Mitchell29.9 mi away
2%1
82%1
92%1
10
Lake View Township26.7 mi away
2%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
11%5
The top trips

Where Golden View Colony 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.

Time on the road

Working from home in Golden View Colony

Working from home
0%

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

About 0 in 10
How Golden View Colony gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 18 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

The distance from Golden View Colony to work

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miSioux Falls: 54% · 37.2 miSalem: 11% · 3.3 miBrookings: 7% · 53.2 miMontrose: 4% · 13 miHumboldt: 2% · 18.8 miVermillion: 2% · 68.3 miMitchell: 2% · 29.9 miWillmar Township: 2% · 151 miSpringdale Township: 2% · 42.6 miLake View Township: 2% · 26.7 miSalem 11%Brookings 7%Montrose 4%Humboldt 2%Golden View Colony
Golden View ColonyTop destinations (size = commuters)
13%Under 10 mi6 residents
9%10–24 mi4 residents
65%25–50 mi30 residents
13%Over 50 mi6 residents

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 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 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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Golden View Colony: questions

What is the poverty rate in Golden View Colony?

70.0%, against 11.9% across South Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Golden View Colony work?

0% work in town.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Golden View Colony, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Golden View Colony

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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.