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Jobs & commute in Home Township

With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Home Township works elsewhere

0% of workers have no commute at all (South Dakota 10%). 22 jobs are based in Home Township, against 170 working residents. Hardly any work in Home Township itself; outside it, Sioux Falls draws the most (43%, 14 miles).

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

Day and night

Who works in Home Township, and who works elsewhere

On a workday 170 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 22 people come in from elsewhere.

170live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
22work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night420
Workday270
420live here− 170head out to work+ 22come in to work= 270on a workday

About 270 people are in Home Township on a workday afternoon, 35% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.13jobs 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

Commuting out of Home Township: the destinations

BreckenridgeChancellor: 4 residents work here (2%)HudsonMonroeMenno: 3 residents work here (2%)CentervilleMarion: 9 residents work here (5%)Parker: 9 residents work here (5%)Freeman: 3 residents work here (2%)Lennox: 3 residents work here (2%)BeresfordYankton: 7 residents work here (4%)Pierre: 3 residents work here (2%)Sioux Falls: 73 residents work here (43%)Germantown TownshipDelapre TownshipBrothersfield TownshipHome TownshipMarion TownshipParker TownshipMonroe Township: 5 residents work here (3%)Sioux FallsMarionParkerYanktonMonroe TownshipChancellorHome Township
1
Sioux Falls13.7 mi away
43%73
2
Marion14.2 mi away
5%9
3
Parker8.9 mi away
5%9
4
Yankton44.8 mi away
4%7
5
Monroe Township11.9 mi away
3%5
6
Chancellor6.5 mi away
2%4
7
Menno33.7 mi away
2%3
8
Freeman23.9 mi away
2%3
9
Lennox9.2 mi away
2%3
10
Pierre177.5 mi away
2%3
Everywhere elseother towns and states
30%51
The top trips

Where Home 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

Factories, building and farms: 59% of the jobs in Home Township

Jobs based in Home TownshipJobs Home Township residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms59%25%
Trade, transport & utilities18%20%
Services: health, schools, offices23%55%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less27%15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month23%19%
Over $3,333 a month50%65%

Who does it

29 or younger36%21%
30 to 5436%54%
55 and older27%25%
+22%

Jobs based in Home Township, 2013 → 2023: 18 → 22. 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 Home Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

From Home Township, about 19 minutes to the job

A year of commuting
149 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.2 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Home Township19 min
South Dakota18 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
0%

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

About 0 in 10
How Home Township gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 149 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

Short hops and long hauls from Home Township

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miSioux Falls: 43% · 13.7 miMarion: 5% · 14.2 miParker: 5% · 8.9 miYankton: 4% · 44.8 miMonroe Township: 3% · 11.9 miChancellor: 2% · 6.5 miMenno: 2% · 33.7 miFreeman: 2% · 23.9 miLennox: 2% · 9.2 miPierre: 2% · 177.5 miSioux Falls 43%Marion 5%Parker 5%Yankton 4%Monroe Township 3%Home Township
Home TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
14%Under 10 mi23 residents
60%10–24 mi102 residents
12%25–50 mi21 residents
14%Over 50 mi23 residents

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

Home Township and the towns next door

Brothersfield Township: few work hereDelapre Township: few work hereGermantown Township: few work hereBrothersfield TownshipDelapre TownshipGermantown TownshipHome Township
10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Brothersfield Township13 min
Delapre Township19 min
Home Township19 min
Germantown Township20 min

Jobs & commute next door

TownHome Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Home Township–——19 min$154,000
Brothersfield Townshipunder 2%——13 min—
Delapre Townshipunder 2%A+C−19 min$141,058
Germantown Townshipunder 2%——20 min—

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

Darker towns draw more of Home 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 Home Township: questions

What is the median household income in Home Township?

$154,000 (±$53,452) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,081 across South Dakota and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Home Township?

0.0%, against 11.9% across South Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Home Township?

19 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 Home Township work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sioux Falls (43%, 14 mi), Marion (5%, 14 mi), Parker (5%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

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

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Beyond the commute

More of Home Township

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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.