Where Hopper Township earns its living
Hardly any work in Hopper Township itself; outside it, Sioux Falls draws the most (18%, 84 miles). Home is the office for 0% of workers, where South Dakota as a whole has 10%. There are 40 jobs in Hopper Township for 28 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Hopper Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 28 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 40 people come in from elsewhere.
About 77 people are in Hopper Township on a workday afternoon, 18% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.43 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.
Commuting out of Hopper Township: the destinations
Where Hopper 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.
Making and building: 100% of jobs based in Hopper Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hopper Township, 2013 → 2023: 63 → 40. 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 Hopper Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Hopper Township
of Hopper Township workers work from home, vs 10% across South Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 16 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.
Where in the region Hopper Township works
About 39% 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 Hopper Township compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hopper Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hopper Township | – | — | — | — | — |
| Mount Vernon Township | under 4% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Dudley Township | under 4% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Palatine Township | under 4% | — | — | — | — |
| Plankinton Township | under 4% | — | — | 17 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Mount Vernon Township, Dudley Township, Palatine Township and Plankinton Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Hopper 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 Hopper 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 Hopper Township: questions
What is the poverty rate in Hopper Township?
15.4%, against 11.9% across South Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Hopper Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sioux Falls (18%, 84 mi), Mitchell (14%, 17 mi), White Lake (7%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Hopper 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 Hopper Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hopper 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.