With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Norden Township works elsewhere
The trip to work takes 46 minutes on average, where South Dakota has 18 and the U.S. 26. Employers in Norden Township report 24 jobs; 127 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Norden Township; the top destination outside it is Clear Lake (16%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Norden Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 126 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 23 people come in from elsewhere.
About 200 people are in Norden Township on a workday afternoon, 35% 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 Norden Township: the destinations
Where Norden Township clocks in
16% of workers
16% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Norden Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Norden Township, 2013 → 2023: 21 → 24. 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 Norden Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Norden Township, about 46 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 14.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Norden Township workers work from home, vs 10% across South Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 120 commuters (the 6% 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 Norden Township
About 21% 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.
Around Norden Township: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Clear Lake Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Norden Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norden Township | – | — | — | 46 min | $151,250 |
| Herrick Township | under 3% | — | — | 12 min | — |
| Clear Lake Township | 2% | — | — | 12 min | — |
| Scandinavia Township | under 3% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Brandt Township | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Herrick Township, Clear Lake Township, Scandinavia Township and Brandt Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Norden 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 Norden Township: questions
What is the median household income in Norden Township?
$151,250 (±$107,592) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,081 across South Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Norden Township?
0.0%, against 11.9% across South Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Norden Township?
46 minutes each way on average, against 18 across South Dakota and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Norden Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Clear Lake (16%, 8 mi), Watertown (16%, 33 mi), Sioux Falls (9%, 79 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Norden 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 Norden Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Norden 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.