Jobs, income and commuting in Lura Township, SD
Working residents average 14 minutes each way, next to 18 for South Dakota and 26 for the U.S. Working from home is the commute for 21% of workers, where South Dakota as a whole has 10%. Hardly any stay in Lura Township for work; outside it, Milbank is the main destination (29%, 25 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Lura Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 21 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 18 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 (0.86 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 Lura Township: the destinations
Where Lura Township clocks in
29% of workers
10% 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.
67% of the jobs in Lura Township pay over $3,333 a month
18 jobs are based in Lura Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lura Township, 2013 → 2023: 27 → 18. 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 Lura Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Lura Township takes about 14 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lura Township workers work from home, vs 10% across South Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 23 commuters (the 21% 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 Lura Township works
About 29% 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.
Lura Township and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lura Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lura Township | – | — | — | 14 min | $104,375 |
| Mazeppa Township | under 5% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Farmington Township | under 5% | — | — | 45 min | — |
| Egeland Township | under 5% | — | — | 35 min | — |
| Blooming Valley Township | under 5% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Germantown Township | under 5% | — | — | 32 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Mazeppa Township, Farmington Township, Egeland Township, Blooming Valley 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 Lura 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 Lura Township: questions
What is the median household income in Lura Township?
$104,375 (±$44,148) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,081 across South Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lura Township?
37.7%, against 11.9% across South Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lura Township?
14 minutes each way on average, against 18 across South Dakota and 26 nationally. 21% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lura Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Milbank (29%, 25 mi), Sioux Falls (14%, 116 mi), Watertown (10%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Lura Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 13% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lura Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lura 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.