With 0.0 jobs for every working resident, most of Goodwin Township works elsewhere
21% of workers work from home, where South Dakota as a whole has 10%. Employers in Goodwin Township report 3 jobs, against 65 working residents. Hardly any stay in Goodwin Township for work; outside it, Clear Lake is the main destination (17%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Goodwin Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 65 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere.
About 140 people are in Goodwin Township on a workday afternoon, 31% 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.
The places Goodwin Township commutes to
Where Goodwin Township clocks in
17% of workers
12% 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.
100% of the jobs in Goodwin Township pay over $3,333 a month
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 Goodwin Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Goodwin Township
of Goodwin Township workers work from home, vs 10% across South Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 30 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Goodwin Township
About 22% 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 Goodwin Township compares with the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Goodwin Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goodwin Township | – | — | — | — | — |
| Altamont Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Kranzburg Township | under 2% | — | — | 38 min | — |
| Rome Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Havana Township | under 2% | — | — | 19 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Altamont Township, Kranzburg Township, Rome Township and Havana Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Goodwin 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.
- Two counts of out-of-state work. The Census survey asks workers where they work: 0% of Goodwin Township workers work outside South Dakota. The job records count 12% at employers in other states. The records use the address the employer reports and skip the self-employed, so the two can differ.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Goodwin Township: questions
What is the poverty rate in Goodwin Township?
13.3%, against 11.9% across South Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Goodwin Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Clear Lake (17%, 8 mi), Watertown (12%, 17 mi), Brookings (9%, 37 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Goodwin 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 Goodwin Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Goodwin 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.