Work means Hot Springs for more than half of Maverick Junction’s working residents
Hardly any work in Maverick Junction itself; outside it, Hot Springs draws the most (56%, 4 miles). 0% of workers work from home (South Dakota 10%). No jobs are based in Maverick Junction in the Census job records; 16 of its residents work elsewhere.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Maverick Junction by day and by night
On a workday 16 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 110 people are in Maverick Junction on a workday afternoon, 13% fewer than live here.
0.00 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.
The places Maverick Junction commutes to
Where Maverick Junction clocks in
56% of workers
19% 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.
Working from home in Maverick Junction
of Maverick Junction workers work from home, vs 10% across South Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 56 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Maverick Junction
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.
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 Maverick Junction: questions
What is the poverty rate in Maverick Junction?
12.2%, against 11.9% across South Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Maverick Junction work?
0% work in town.
Can you get around Maverick Junction 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 Maverick Junction, from the people who make the trip.
More of Maverick Junction
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.