With 0.0 jobs for every working resident, most of Lockwood Township works elsewhere
24% of workers have no commute at all, where South Dakota as a whole has 10%. Lockwood Township has 4 jobs, against 113 working residents. Hardly any work in Lockwood Township itself; outside it, Milbank draws the most (15%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Lockwood Township by day and by night
On a workday 113 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 4 people come in from elsewhere.
About 250 people are in Lockwood Township on a workday afternoon, 30% 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 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Lockwood Township: the destinations
Where Lockwood Township clocks in
15% of workers
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.
100% of the jobs in Lockwood Township pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lockwood Township, 2013 → 2023: 3 → 4. 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 Lockwood Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 25 minutes to work from Lockwood Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lockwood Township workers work from home, vs 10% across South Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 90 commuters (the 24% 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.
The commute from Lockwood Township, by distance
About 33% 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.
The towns around Lockwood Township
The biggest share goes to Geneseo Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lockwood Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lockwood Township | – | — | — | 25 min | $87,969 |
| Geneseo Township | 4% | — | — | 15 min | — |
| Big Stone Township | under 3% | — | — | 14 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Geneseo Township and Big Stone Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Lockwood 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 Lockwood Township: questions
What is the median household income in Lockwood Township?
$87,969 (±$6,708) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,081 across South Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lockwood Township?
22.0%, against 11.9% across South Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lockwood Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 18 across South Dakota and 26 nationally. 24% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lockwood Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Milbank (15%, 10 mi), Wilmot (14%, 14 mi), Sioux Falls (11%, 126 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Lockwood 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 Lockwood Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lockwood 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.