Scotch Cap Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Home is the office for 0% of workers (South Dakota 10%). There are 3 jobs in Scotch Cap Township for 12 working residents. Hardly any work in Scotch Cap Township itself; outside it, Lemmon draws the most (42%, 38 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Scotch Cap Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 12 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere.
About 9 people are in Scotch Cap Township on a workday afternoon, 50% 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 Scotch Cap Township goes to work
Where Scotch Cap Township clocks in
42% 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.
Making and building: 100% of jobs based in Scotch Cap Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Scotch Cap Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Scotch Cap Township
of Scotch Cap Township workers work from home, vs 10% across South Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1 commuters (the 0% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Scotch Cap Township
About 58% 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.
How Scotch Cap Township compares with the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Scotch Cap Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scotch Cap Township | – | — | — | — | — |
| Bison Township | under 9% | — | — | — | — |
| Cash Township | under 9% | — | — | — | — |
| Strool-Plateau Township | under 9% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Bison Township, Cash Township and Strool-Plateau Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Scotch Cap 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 Scotch Cap Township: questions
What is the poverty rate in Scotch Cap Township?
0.0%, against 11.9% across South Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Scotch Cap Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lemmon (42%, 38 mi), Mott (8%, 62 mi), McIntosh (8%, 68 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Scotch Cap 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 Scotch Cap Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Scotch Cap 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.