Newport Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
Home is the office for 0% of workers, against 10% across South Dakota. Newport Township has 8 jobs, against 29 working residents. Hardly any stay in Newport Township for work; outside it, Britton is the main destination (21%, 14 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Newport Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 29 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 8 people come in from elsewhere.
About 42 people are in Newport Township on a workday afternoon, 33% 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.
Where people from Newport Township work
Where Newport Township clocks in
Lines 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 Newport Township make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Newport Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Newport Township: about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Newport Township workers work from home, vs 10% across South Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 24 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.
The commute from Newport Township, by distance
About 34% 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.
Newport Township and the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Newport Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newport Township | – | — | — | 27 min | $70,938 |
| Hickman Township | under 4% | — | — | — | — |
| Farmington Township | under 4% | — | — | — | — |
| Claremont Township | under 4% | — | — | — | — |
| Weston Township | under 4% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Hickman Township, Farmington Township, Claremont Township and Weston Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Newport 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 Newport Township: questions
What is the median household income in Newport Township?
$70,938 (±$21,723) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,081 across South Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Newport Township?
0.0%, against 11.9% across South Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Newport Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 18 across South Dakota and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Newport Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Britton (21%, 14 mi), Sioux Falls (14%, 155 mi), Veblen Township (14%, 35 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Newport 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 Newport Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Newport 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.