Jobs, pay and the trip to work in La Prairie Township
Hardly any stay in La Prairie Township for work; outside it, Sioux Falls is the main destination (29%, 139 miles). Working from home is the commute for 25% of workers, where South Dakota as a whole has 10%. Employers in La Prairie Township report 9 jobs for 7 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of La Prairie Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 7 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 9 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 (1.29 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 La Prairie Township commutes to
Where La Prairie Township clocks in
14% 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.
A place that makes things: 89% of La Prairie Township’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in La Prairie Township, 2013 → 2023: 7 → 9. 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 La Prairie Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in La Prairie Township
of La Prairie Township workers work from home, vs 10% across South Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 21 commuters (the 25% 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 La Prairie Township works
About 57% 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 to La Prairie Township
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | La Prairie Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Prairie Township | – | — | — | — | $78,750 |
| Mellette Township | under 15% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Brentford | under 15% | — | — | 17 min | — |
| Beotia Township | under 15% | — | — | — | — |
| Tetonka Township | under 15% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Mellette Township, Brentford, Beotia Township and Tetonka Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of La Prairie 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 La Prairie Township workers work outside South Dakota. The job records count 14% 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 La Prairie Township: questions
What is the median household income in La Prairie Township?
$78,750 (±$55,883) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,081 across South Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in La Prairie Township?
0.0%, against 11.9% across South Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in La Prairie Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sioux Falls (29%, 139 mi), Sioux Center (14%, 181 mi), Doland (14%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around La Prairie 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 La Prairie Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of La Prairie 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.