Huron draws more than half of Shamrock Colony’s working residents
Shamrock Colony has 2 jobs, against 21 working residents. Home is the office for 100% of workers, where South Dakota as a whole has 10%. Hardly any work in Shamrock Colony itself; outside it, Huron draws the most (57%, 22 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Shamrock Colony: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 21 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere.
About 53 people are in Shamrock Colony on a workday afternoon, 26% fewer than live here.
0.10 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where people from Shamrock Colony work
Where Shamrock Colony clocks in
5% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Shamrock Colony
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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Shamrock Colony’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Shamrock Colony
of Shamrock Colony 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.
How far it is to work from Shamrock Colony
About 24% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, 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 Shamrock Colony: questions
What is the poverty rate in Shamrock Colony?
59.6%, against 11.9% across South Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Shamrock Colony work?
0% work in town.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Shamrock Colony, from the people who make the trip.
More of Shamrock Colony
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.