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Jobs & commute in Rosedale Township

With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Rosedale Township works elsewhere

For 48% of workers, the job is at home (South Dakota 10%). Employers in Rosedale Township report 4 jobs for 12 working residents. Hardly any work in Rosedale Township; the top destination outside it is Redfield (17%, 41 miles).

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

4 jobs based here
Poverty
0.0%
South Dakota 11.9%
Unemployment
0.0%
South Dakota 2.9% · U.S. 5.2%
Work in town
0%
0 of 12 working residents
Work from home
48%
South Dakota 10% · U.S. 15%
Day and night

Who works in Rosedale Township, and who works elsewhere

On a workday 12 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 4 people come in from elsewhere.

12live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
4work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night77
Workday69
77live here− 12head out to work+ 4come in to work= 69on a workday

About 69 people are in Rosedale Township on a workday afternoon, 10% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.33jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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

Commuting out of Rosedale Township: the destinations

Willow LakeBritton: 1 residents work here (8%)De Smet: 1 residents work here (8%)ClarkRedfield: 2 residents work here (17%)Colman: 1 residents work here (8%)Brookings: 2 residents work here (17%)Watertown: 1 residents work here (8%)Sioux Falls: 2 residents work here (17%)Hague Township: 1 residents work here (8%)Collins TownshipRosedale TownshipNorden Township: 1 residents work here (8%)Barrett TownshipSpring Valley TownshipRedfieldBrookingsSioux FallsBrittonDe SmetColmanRosedale Township
1
Redfield40.7 mi away
17%2
2
Brookings53.4 mi away
17%2
3
Sioux Falls89.4 mi away
17%2
4
Britton83.4 mi away
8%1
5
De Smet18.3 mi away
8%1
6
Colman63.9 mi away
8%1
7
Watertown38.5 mi away
8%1
8
Hague Township6.2 mi away
8%1
9
Norden Township31.3 mi away
8%1
The top trips

Where Rosedale Township clocks in

17%Redfield
17% of workers
40.7 mi awayRedfield2 Rosedale Township residents work here · Jobs & commute →
17%Brookings
17% of workers
53.4 mi awayBrookings2 Rosedale Township residents work here · Jobs & commute →
17%Sioux Falls
17% of workers
89.4 mi awaySioux Falls2 Rosedale Township residents work here · Jobs & commute →

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.

The jobs

A place that makes things: 100% of Rosedale Township’s jobs are in goods

Jobs based in Rosedale TownshipJobs Rosedale Township residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms100%17%
Trade, transport & utilities0%50%
Services: health, schools, offices0%33%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less25%8%
$1,251–$3,333 a month50%17%
Over $3,333 a month25%75%

Who does it

29 or younger0%42%
30 to 5425%50%
55 and older75%8%
−60%

Jobs based in Rosedale Township, 2013 → 2023: 10 → 4. 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 Rosedale Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Working from home in Rosedale Township

Working from home
48%

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

About 5 in 10
How Rosedale Township gets to work
73%Drive alone
27%Other

Share of the 11 commuters (the 48% 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

Short hops and long hauls from Rosedale Township

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miRedfield: 17% · 40.7 miBrookings: 17% · 53.4 miSioux Falls: 17% · 89.4 miBritton: 8% · 83.4 miDe Smet: 8% · 18.3 miColman: 8% · 63.9 miWatertown: 8% · 38.5 miHague Township: 8% · 6.2 miNorden Township: 8% · 31.3 miRedfield 17%Brookings 17%Sioux Falls 17%Britton 8%De Smet 8%Rosedale Township
Rosedale TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
8%Under 10 mi1 residents
8%10–24 mi1 residents
33%25–50 mi4 residents
50%Over 50 mi6 residents

About 50% 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

How Rosedale Township compares with the towns next door

The biggest share goes to Hague Township (8%).

Collins Township: few work hereHague Township: 8% of workers work hereBarrett Township: few work hereCollins TownshipHague TownshipBarrett TownshipRosedale Township
10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%
Collins Townshipunder 9% of Rosedale TownshipHague Township8% of Rosedale Township works hereBarrett Townshipunder 9% of Rosedale Township

Jobs & commute next door

TownRosedale Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Rosedale Township–————
Collins Townshipunder 9%——17 min—
Hague Township8%————
Barrett Townshipunder 9%————

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

Darker towns draw more of Rosedale 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 Rosedale Township: questions

What is the poverty rate in Rosedale Township?

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

Where do people who live in Rosedale Township work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Redfield (17%, 41 mi), Brookings (17%, 53 mi), Sioux Falls (17%, 89 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

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

Town Square →
Ask neighbors
Beyond the commute

More of Rosedale Township

Rosedale Township home →
HandbookGetting around Rosedale TownshipRoads, buses, parking and the basics
shortest commutes
RankingsTop towns in SDShortest commutes, work from home & more

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.