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Jobs & commute in Rolling Green Township

Jobs and earnings in Rolling Green Township, and the trip to work

Hardly any work in Rolling Green Township; the top destination outside it is McIntosh (38%, 28 miles). 40% of workers have no commute at all; South Dakota has 10%. No jobs are based in Rolling Green Township in the Census job records; 8 of its residents work elsewhere.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

The daily commute in and out of Rolling Green Township

On a workday 8 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.

8live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
0work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night29
Workday21
29live here− 8head out to work+ 0come in to work= 21on a workday

About 21 people are in Rolling Green Township on a workday afternoon, 28% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.00jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

0.00 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

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 commute map

The towns that employ Rolling Green Township’s residents

McLaughlin: 1 residents work here (13%)Timber Lake: 1 residents work here (13%)McIntosh: 3 residents work here (38%)Lemmon: 1 residents work here (13%)Pierre: 1 residents work here (13%)Sioux Falls: 1 residents work here (13%)De Witt TownshipRolling Green TownshipMcIntoshMcLaughlinTimber LakeLemmonPierreSioux FallsRolling Green Township
1
McIntosh28.1 mi away
38%3
2
McLaughlin52.4 mi away
13%1
3
Timber Lake46.7 mi away
13%1
4
Lemmon16.7 mi away
13%1
5
Pierre123.9 mi away
13%1
6
Sioux Falls297.2 mi away
13%1
The top trips

Where Rolling Green 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.

Time on the road

Working from home in Rolling Green Township

Working from home
40%

of Rolling Green Township workers work from home, vs 10% across South Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.

About 4 in 10
How Rolling Green Township gets to work
67%Drive alone
33%Other

Share of the 9 commuters (the 40% 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.

How far

Half of Rolling Green Township commutes less than 31 miles

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miMcIntosh: 38% · 28.1 miMcLaughlin: 13% · 52.4 miTimber Lake: 13% · 46.7 miLemmon: 13% · 16.7 miPierre: 13% · 123.9 miSioux Falls: 13% · 297.2 miMcIntosh 38%McLaughlin 13%Timber Lake 13%Lemmon 13%Pierre 13%Rolling Green Township
Rolling Green TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
0%Under 10 mi0 residents
13%10–24 mi1 residents
50%25–50 mi4 residents
38%Over 50 mi3 residents

About 38% 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.

Next door

Work in the towns next to Rolling Green Township

De Witt Township: few work hereDe Witt TownshipRolling Green Township
10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Jobs & commute next door

TownRolling Green Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Rolling Green Township–————
De Witt Townshipunder 13%————

Same-state neighbors only. De Witt Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Rolling Green Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Rolling Green Township: questions

What is the poverty rate in Rolling Green Township?

0.0%, against 11.9% across South Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Rolling Green Township work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are McIntosh (38%, 28 mi), McLaughlin (13%, 52 mi), Timber Lake (13%, 47 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Rolling Green 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 Rolling Green Township, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Rolling Green Township

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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.