South Dakota Department of Transportation Bridge No. 55-030-418 · Photo: Ammodramus · CC0Most of Ortley Township commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any work in Ortley Township itself; outside it, Sisseton draws the most (22%, 23 miles). Ortley Township has 16 jobs, against 49 working residents. Working from home is the commute for 18% of workers, against 10% across South Dakota.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Ortley Township
On a workday 49 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 16 people come in from elsewhere.
About 52 people are in Ortley Township on a workday afternoon, 39% 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.
The towns that employ Ortley Township’s residents
Where Ortley Township clocks in
22% of workers
8% 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: 31% of Ortley Township’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ortley Township, 2013 → 2023: 5 → 16. 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 Ortley Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Ortley Township: about 20 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ortley Township workers work from home, vs 10% across South Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 33 commuters (the 18% 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.
Miles to work from Ortley Township
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.
The towns around Ortley Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Ortley Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ortley Township | – | — | — | 20 min | $81,641 |
| Ortley | under 3% | — | — | 18 min | — |
| Alto Township | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
| Blooming Valley Township | under 3% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Summit Township | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
| Waubay Township | under 3% | — | — | 18 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Ortley, Alto Township, Blooming Valley Township, Summit Township and Waubay Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Ortley 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 Ortley Township: questions
What is the median household income in Ortley Township?
$81,641 (±$13,165) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,081 across South Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ortley Township?
0.0%, against 11.9% across South Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ortley Township?
20 minutes each way on average, against 18 across South Dakota and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ortley Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sisseton (22%, 23 mi), Watertown (8%, 30 mi), Sioux Falls (8%, 126 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Ortley 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 Ortley Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ortley 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.