Photo: AlexiusHoratius · CC BY-SA 3.0Parker Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.5 for each
Home is the office for 2% of workers (South Dakota 10%). Parker Township has 56 jobs; 118 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Parker Township; the top destination outside it is Sioux Falls (38%, 21 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Parker Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 118 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 56 people come in from elsewhere.
About 220 people are in Parker Township on a workday afternoon, 22% 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 Parker Township goes to work
Where Parker Township clocks in
10% 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.
The kinds of work in Parker Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Parker Township, 2013 → 2023: 37 → 56. 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 Parker Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 24 minutes in Parker Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Parker Township workers work from home, vs 10% across South Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 193 commuters (the 2% 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 Parker Township, by distance
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.
How Parker Township compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Germantown Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Parker Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parker Township | – | — | — | 24 min | $103,125 |
| Germantown Township | 3% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Marion Township | under 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Brothersfield Township | under 2% | — | — | 13 min | — |
| Hurley Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Germantown Township, Marion Township, Brothersfield Township and Hurley Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Parker 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 Parker Township: questions
What is the median household income in Parker Township?
$103,125 (±$35,568) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,081 across South Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Parker Township?
0.0%, against 11.9% across South Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Parker Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 18 across South Dakota and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Parker Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sioux Falls (38%, 21 mi), Parker (10%, 2 mi), Marion (7%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Parker Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Parker Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Parker 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.