Work, pay and getting to work in Greenleaf Township
Poverty touches 100.0% of residents; South Dakota has 11.9%. Hardly any work in Greenleaf Township itself; outside it, Longmont draws the most (17%, 432 miles). Greenleaf Township has 8 jobs, and 6 of its residents work somewhere.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Greenleaf Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 6 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 8 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.33 per resident).
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 Greenleaf Township commutes to
Where Greenleaf Township clocks in
17% of workers
17% 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.
In Greenleaf Township, 75% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Greenleaf Township, 2013 → 2023: 6 → 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 Greenleaf Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Near or far: the trip to work from Greenleaf Township
About 50% 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.
Greenleaf Township and its neighbors
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Greenleaf Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greenleaf Township | – | — | — | — | — |
| Alpha Township | under 17% | — | — | — | — |
| Midland Township | under 17% | — | — | — | — |
| Riverside Township | under 17% | — | — | — | — |
| Alden Township | under 17% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Alpha Township, Midland Township, Riverside Township and Alden Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Greenleaf 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.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Greenleaf Township: questions
What is the poverty rate in Greenleaf Township?
100.0%, against 11.9% across South Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Greenleaf Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Longmont (17%, 432 mi), Doland (17%, 54 mi), Wessington Springs (17%, 46 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Greenleaf Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Greenleaf 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.