Raymond Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Hardly any work in Raymond Township itself; outside it, Clark draws the most (24%, 9 miles). 5 jobs are based in Raymond Township, and 29 of its residents work somewhere. For 100% of workers, the job is at home, 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 Raymond Township
On a workday 29 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 5 people come in from elsewhere.
About 21 people are in Raymond Township on a workday afternoon, 53% 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 Raymond Township goes to work
Where Raymond Township clocks in
24% of workers
14% of workers
7% 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.
Raymond Township works in goods: 60% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Raymond Township, 2013 → 2023: 25 → 5. 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 Raymond Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Raymond Township
of Raymond Township workers work from home, vs 10% across South Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Half of Raymond Township commutes less than 37 miles
About 28% 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.
Raymond Township and its neighbors
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Raymond Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raymond Township | – | — | — | — | — |
| Spring Township | under 4% | — | — | — | — |
| Garfield Township | under 4% | — | — | — | — |
| Logan Township | under 4% | — | — | — | — |
| Ash Township | under 4% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Spring Township, Garfield Township, Logan Township and Ash Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Raymond 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 Raymond Township: questions
What is the poverty rate in Raymond Township?
0.0%, against 11.9% across South Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Raymond Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Clark (24%, 9 mi), Watertown (14%, 37 mi), Pierre (7%, 124 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Raymond Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Raymond 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.