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Jobs & commute in Grant Township

Grant Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each

8 jobs are based in Grant Township for 51 working residents. Hardly any stay in Grant Township for work; outside it, Sisseton is the main destination (20%, 6 miles). 0% of workers have no commute at all (South Dakota 10%).

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

Day and night

The daily flow of workers through Grant Township

On a workday 51 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 8 people come in from elsewhere.

51live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
8work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night180
Workday130
180live here− 51head out to work+ 8come in to work= 130on a workday

About 130 people are in Grant Township on a workday afternoon, 25% 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

Where Grant Township goes to work

Hancock: 1 residents work here (2%)Canby: 1 residents work here (2%)Ozark: 1 residents work here (2%)ChancellorClaire CityWilmot: 2 residents work here (4%)Waubay: 2 residents work here (4%)Sisseton: 10 residents work here (20%)Watertown: 2 residents work here (4%)Sioux Falls: 2 residents work here (4%)Greendale Township: 2 residents work here (4%)Grant TownshipEaster TownshipBryant TownshipSpring Grove TownshipHart TownshipSisseton TownshipEnemy SwimClear LakeAgency Village: 3 residents work here (6%)SissetonAgency VillageWilmotWaubayWatertownSioux FallsGrant Township
1
Sisseton5.9 mi away
20%10
2
Agency Village9.9 mi away
6%3
3
Wilmot19.1 mi away
4%2
4
Waubay30.2 mi away
4%2
5
Watertown54.5 mi away
4%2
6
Sioux Falls148.2 mi away
4%2
74%2
8
Hancock, MN56.2 mi away
2%1
9
Canby, MN74 mi away
2%1
10
Ozark, MO627.5 mi away
2%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
49%25
The top trips

Where Grant 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.

The jobs

What Grant Township’s employers do

Jobs based in Grant TownshipJobs Grant Township residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms13%18%
Trade, transport & utilities38%27%
Services: health, schools, offices50%55%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less88%16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month13%27%
Over $3,333 a month0%57%

Who does it

29 or younger25%20%
30 to 5438%45%
55 and older38%35%
+167%

Jobs based in Grant Township, 2013 → 2023: 3 → 8. 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 2023.

Here is what they are, next to the jobs Grant Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Commuting from Grant Township: about 12 minutes a trip

A year of commuting
91 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 3.8 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Grant Township12 min
South Dakota18 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
0%

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

About 0 in 10
How Grant Township gets to work
79%Drive alone
21%Carpool

Share of the 86 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 Grant Township to work

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miSisseton: 20% · 5.9 miAgency Village: 6% · 9.9 miWilmot: 4% · 19.1 miWaubay: 4% · 30.2 miWatertown: 4% · 54.5 miSioux Falls: 4% · 148.2 miGreendale Township: 4% · 21.1 miHancock: 2% · 56.2 miCanby: 2% · 74 miOzark: 2% · 627.5 miSisseton 20%Agency Village 6%Wilmot 4%Waubay 4%Watertown 4%Grant Township
Grant TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
24%Under 10 mi12 residents
22%10–24 mi11 residents
18%25–50 mi9 residents
37%Over 50 mi19 residents

About 37% 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.

Next door

Work in the towns next to Grant Township

Jobs & commute next door

TownGrant Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Grant Township–——12 min$105,417
Sisseton Townshipunder 2%——16 min—
Hart Townshipunder 2%————
Bryant Townshipunder 2%————
Easter Townshipunder 2%————

Same-state neighbors only. Sisseton Township, Hart Township, Bryant Township and Easter Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Grant Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

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 Grant Township: questions

What is the median household income in Grant Township?

$105,417 (±$18,519) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,081 across South Dakota and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Grant Township?

16.4%, against 11.9% across South Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Grant Township?

12 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 Grant Township work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sisseton (20%, 6 mi), Agency Village (6%, 10 mi), Wilmot (4%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

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

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Beyond the commute

More of Grant Township

Grant Township home →

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.