Most of Liberty Township commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
There are 10 jobs in Liberty Township, and 36 of its residents work somewhere. Only 3% work in Liberty Township; the top destination outside it is Aberdeen (14%, 46 miles). Home is the office for 0% of workers, where South Dakota as a whole has 10%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Liberty Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 35 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 9 people come in from elsewhere.
About 48 people are in Liberty Township on a workday afternoon, 35% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Where Liberty Township’s working residents head each day
Where Liberty Township clocks in
6% 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.
Goods, not services: 90% of the jobs in Liberty Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Liberty Township, 2014 → 2024: 4 → 10. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Liberty Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Liberty Township
of Liberty Township workers work from home, vs 10% across South Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3 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 many miles Liberty Township commutes
About 31% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Next door to Liberty Township
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Liberty Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty Township | – | — | — | — | — |
| Nutley Township | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
| Raritan Township | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
| Independence Township | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
| Fort Township | under 3% | — | — | 49 min | — |
| Sisseton Township | under 3% | — | — | 8 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Nutley Township, Raritan Township, Independence Township, Fort Township and Sisseton Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Liberty 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 2024, 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 Liberty 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 Liberty Township: questions
What is the poverty rate in Liberty Township?
0.0%, against 11.9% across South Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Liberty Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Aberdeen (14%, 46 mi), Britton (6%, 20 mi), Sisseton (6%, 25 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Liberty 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 Liberty Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Liberty Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.