Emminger, Corson, Round Barn · Photo: JERRYE AND ROY KLOTZ MD · CC BY-SA 3.0For more than half of its working residents, Sheridan Township is a commute to Watertown
A typical one-way commute lasts 17 minutes; South Dakota averages 18, the U.S. 26. 286 jobs are based in Sheridan Township, against 279 working residents. For 14% of workers, the job is at home, next to 10% for South Dakota as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Sheridan Township, in a few figures
More than half of Sheridan Township works in Watertown
172 working residents, 62%, have their main job in Watertown, 6.7 miles away across the town line. That’s 31 times as many as work in Sheridan Township itself. The commute map ↓
Most Sheridan Township residents work close to home
65% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 279 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
62% of working residents work in Watertown
Where Sheridan Township clocks in
62% 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.
Sheridan Township’s commute, mile by mile
About 23% 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.
In and out of Sheridan Township on a workday
On a workday 274 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 281 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.03 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
80% of the jobs in Sheridan Township pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sheridan Township, 2013 → 2023: 246 → 286. 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 Sheridan Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Sheridan Township: about 17 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sheridan Township workers work from home, vs 10% across South Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 204 commuters (the 14% 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.
62% of Sheridan Township works in a bordering town
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Sheridan Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sheridan Township | – | — | — | 17 min | $107,500 |
| Watertown | 62% | B | B | 13 min | $69,600 |
| Kranzburg Township | under 1% | — | — | 38 min | — |
| Castlewood Township | under 1% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Pelican Township | under 1% | — | — | 13 min | — |
| Elmira Township | under 1% | — | — | 10 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Kranzburg Township, Castlewood Township and Elmira Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Pelican Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Watertown. Darker towns draw more of Sheridan 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 Sheridan Township: questions
What is the median household income in Sheridan Township?
$107,500 (±$41,917) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,081 across South Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sheridan Township?
1.9%, against 11.9% across South Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sheridan Township?
17 minutes each way on average, against 18 across South Dakota and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sheridan Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Watertown (62%, 7 mi), Sioux Falls (8%, 91 mi), Brookings (3%, 40 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Sheridan 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 Sheridan Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sheridan 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.