With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Mazeppa Township works elsewhere
20 jobs are based in Mazeppa Township, against 42 working residents. Hardly any work in Mazeppa Township itself; outside it, Milbank draws the most (19%, 17 miles). For 56% of workers, the job is at home, next to 10% for South Dakota as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Mazeppa Township
On a workday 42 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 20 people come in from elsewhere.
About 74 people are in Mazeppa Township on a workday afternoon, 23% 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 Mazeppa Township: the destinations
Where Mazeppa Township clocks in
19% of workers
17% 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.
A place that makes things: 100% of Mazeppa Township’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mazeppa Township, 2013 → 2023: 3 → 20. 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 Mazeppa Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Mazeppa Township: about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mazeppa Township workers work from home, vs 10% across South Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 7 commuters (the 56% 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 Mazeppa Township
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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Next door to Mazeppa Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Mazeppa Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mazeppa Township | – | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Lura Township | under 3% | — | — | 14 min | — |
| Osceola Township | under 3% | — | — | 15 min | — |
| Twin Brooks Township | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
| Farmington Township | under 3% | — | — | 45 min | — |
| Leola Township | under 3% | — | — | 26 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Lura Township, Osceola Township, Twin Brooks Township, Farmington Township and Leola Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Mazeppa 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 Mazeppa Township: questions
What is the poverty rate in Mazeppa Township?
53.6%, against 11.9% across South Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mazeppa Township?
23 minutes each way on average, against 18 across South Dakota and 26 nationally. 56% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mazeppa Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Milbank (19%, 17 mi), Watertown (17%, 21 mi), Sioux Falls (7%, 114 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Mazeppa 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 Mazeppa Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mazeppa 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.