About three in four of Mapleton Township’s working residents commute to Sioux Falls
Jobs & income A: better than 93% of U.S. towns on income, poverty, unemployment and job access.
Walkability C: more walkable than 31% of U.S. towns.
Household incomes here are higher than in 84% of U.S. towns. Working residents average 23 minutes each way (South Dakota 18, U.S. 26). Only 1% work in Mapleton Township; the top destination outside it is Sioux Falls (72%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Mapleton Township, in brief
More than half of Mapleton Township works in Sioux Falls
806 working residents, 72%, have their main job in Sioux Falls, 6.9 miles away across the town line. That’s 72 times as many as work in Mapleton Township itself. The commute map ↓
Most Mapleton Township residents work close to home
73% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about three in four. How far ↓
Short distances, slow trips
Half of Mapleton Township’s working residents have a job less than 7 miles away, yet the average commute still takes 23 minutes, longer than the South Dakota average of 18. Time on the road ↓
Mapleton Township is a place people come home to
There are 317 jobs based in Mapleton Township, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Mapleton Township has about 1,300 people in it, 39% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Mapleton Township makes and builds things
37% of the jobs based in Mapleton Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Mapleton Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 21%. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
What’s behind Mapleton Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Mapleton Township is better than 93% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate is its strongest input (2.4%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 68% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Mapleton Township could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
72% of working residents work in Sioux Falls
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Mapleton Township clocks in
2% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Half of Mapleton Township commutes less than 7 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
About 23 minutes each way, longer than most of South Dakota
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mapleton Township workers work from home, vs 10% across South Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,136 commuters (the 13% 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.
Mapleton Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 1,108 residents head out to work, 8 work right here, and 309 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,300 people are in Mapleton Township on a workday afternoon, 39% fewer than live here.
0.28 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Mapleton Township makes things: 37% of its jobs are in goods
317 jobs are based in Mapleton Township. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mapleton Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mapleton Township, 2013 → 2023: 269 → 317. 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.
Most trips from Mapleton Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Mapleton Township is more walkable than 31% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 4.3% across South Dakota, on an EPA index of 5.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,300 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 3% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 3% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 46% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 7.1% of Mapleton Township households have no vehicle (South Dakota 5.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Mapleton Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Mapleton Township is 276th of 5,793 U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,800 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Mapleton Township, the top three, the last and three more from South Dakota.
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
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| 77 | Delapre Township SD | 2,053 | $141K | 1.2% | 0.0% | 4% | A+ |
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| 109 | Springdale Township SD | 2,229 | $151K | 1.3% | 0.2% | 1% | A+ |
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| 274 | Webster Township MN | 1,839 | $120K | 4.1% | 3.8% | 2% | A |
| 275 | Hampton Falls NH | 2,379 | $166K | 4.0% | 2.8% | 7% | A |
| 276 | Mapleton Township SD | 2,063 | $111K | 2.4% | 2.7% | 1% | A |
| 277 | Sylvan Lake MI | 1,685 | $106K | 5.4% | 2.9% | 3% | A |
| 278 | Newfield NJ | 1,823 | $104K | 4.8% | 2.1% | 2% | A |
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| 289 | Crooks SD | 1,415 | $99K | 0.5% | 1.4% | 2% | A |
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| 5,793 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
72% of Mapleton Township works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Sioux Falls (72%). Darker towns draw more of Mapleton Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Mapleton Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mapleton Township | – | A | C | 23 min | $110,972 |
| Sioux Falls | 72% | B+ | A− | 17 min | $75,970 |
| Benton Township | under 1% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Sverdrup Township | under 1% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Brandon Township | under 1% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Edison Township | under 1% | — | — | 23 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Benton Township, Sverdrup Township, Brandon Township and Edison Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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 Mapleton Township: questions
What is the median household income in Mapleton Township?
$110,972 (±$23,200) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,081 across South Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mapleton Township?
2.4%, against 11.9% across South Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mapleton Township?
23 minutes each way on average, against 18 across South Dakota and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mapleton Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sioux Falls (72%, 7 mi), Sioux City (2%, 80 mi), Brandon (2%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Mapleton Township walkable?
Mapleton Township is more walkable than 31% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.5 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Mapleton Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. 3% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mapleton Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mapleton 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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.