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Jobs & commute in Grant Township

Work means Huron for more than half of Grant Township’s working residents

Employers in Grant Township report 5 jobs, against 42 working residents. Home is the office for 0% of workers (South Dakota 10%). Hardly any work in Grant Township; the top destination outside it is Huron (52%, 9 miles).

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

Day and night

Grant Township on a workday afternoon

On a workday 42 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 5 people come in from elsewhere.

42live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
5work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night120
Workday78
120live here− 42head out to work+ 5come in to work= 78on a workday

About 78 people are in Grant Township on a workday afternoon, 32% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.12jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

0.12 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 2023, primary jobs.

The commute map

Commuting out of Grant Township: the destinations

Cavour: 1 residents work here (2%)Artesian: 1 residents work here (2%)De Smet: 1 residents work here (2%)Salem: 1 residents work here (2%)Elkton: 1 residents work here (2%)Wessington Springs: 1 residents work here (2%)HarrisburgHuron: 22 residents work here (52%)Aberdeen: 2 residents work here (5%)Sioux Falls: 3 residents work here (7%)Rapid City: 2 residents work here (5%)Warren TownshipClyde TownshipGrant TownshipClifton TownshipCarlyle TownshipNew Elm Spring ColonyHuronSioux FallsAberdeenRapid CityCavourArtesianGrant Township
1
Huron9.3 mi away
52%22
2
Sioux Falls90.1 mi away
7%3
3
Aberdeen85.7 mi away
5%2
4
Rapid City245.8 mi away
5%2
5
Cavour14.5 mi away
2%1
6
Artesian23 mi away
2%1
7
De Smet36.9 mi away
2%1
8
Salem56 mi away
2%1
9
Elkton88.4 mi away
2%1
10
Wessington Springs18.5 mi away
2%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
17%7
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, farms0%17%
Trade, transport & utilities60%24%
Services: health, schools, offices40%60%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less0%14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month40%24%
Over $3,333 a month60%62%

Who does it

29 or younger0%17%
30 to 5460%45%
55 and older40%38%
−55%

Jobs based in Grant Township, 2013 → 2023: 11 → 5. 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

Working from home in Grant Township

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
73%Drive alone
27%Carpool

Share of the 26 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

Miles to work from Grant Township

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miHuron: 52% · 9.3 miSioux Falls: 7% · 90.1 miAberdeen: 5% · 85.7 miRapid City: 5% · 245.8 miCavour: 2% · 14.5 miArtesian: 2% · 23 miDe Smet: 2% · 36.9 miSalem: 2% · 56 miElkton: 2% · 88.4 miWessington Springs: 2% · 18.5 miHuron 52%Sioux Falls 7%Aberdeen 5%Rapid City 5%Cavour 2%Grant Township
Grant TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
45%Under 10 mi19 residents
19%10–24 mi8 residents
7%25–50 mi3 residents
29%Over 50 mi12 residents

About 29% 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

The towns around Grant Township

Jobs & commute next door

TownGrant Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Grant Township–————
Warren Townshipunder 3%————
Clifton Townshipunder 3%————
Carlyle Townshipunder 3%————
Clyde Townshipunder 3%————

Same-state neighbors only. Warren Township, Clifton Township, Carlyle Township and Clyde 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 poverty rate in Grant Township?

26.9%, against 11.9% across South Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Grant Township work?

0% work in town.

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.

Town Square →
Ask neighbors
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.