Photo: Connor401 · CC BY-SA 3.0Sisseton draws about half of Sisseton Township’s working residents
For 0% of workers, the job is at home, against 10% across South Dakota. Hardly any work in Sisseton Township itself; outside it, Sisseton draws the most (48%, 2 miles). The trip to work takes 16 minutes on average, next to 18 for South Dakota and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Sisseton Township in brief
Nearly half of Sisseton Township works in Sisseton
134 working residents, 48%, have their main job in Sisseton, 1.9 miles away. That’s far more as work in Sisseton Township itself. The commute map ↓
Sisseton Township is a place people come home to
There are 46 jobs based in Sisseton Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Sisseton Township has about 550 people in it, 29% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Sisseton Township workers work from home
Only 0% of workers work from home, against 10% across South Dakota. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 277 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Sisseton Township goes to work
Where Sisseton Township clocks in
48% of workers
6% 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.
Who works in Sisseton Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 276 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 45 people come in from elsewhere.
About 550 people are in Sisseton Township on a workday afternoon, 29% fewer than live here.
0.17 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.
From Sisseton Township, about 16 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sisseton Township workers work from home, vs 10% across South Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 182 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.
What Sisseton Township’s employers do
46 jobs are based in Sisseton Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sisseton Township, 2014 → 2024: 20 → 46. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sisseton Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Sisseton Township’s workers travel
About 18% 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.
Next door to Sisseton Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Sisseton Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sisseton Township | – | — | — | 16 min | $94,286 |
| Grant Township | under 1% | — | — | 12 min | — |
| Enterprise Township | under 1% | — | — | — | — |
| Long Hollow Township | under 1% | — | — | 10 min | — |
| Goodwill Township | under 1% | — | — | 14 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Grant Township, Enterprise Township and Long Hollow Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Goodwill Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Sisseton 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 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 Sisseton Township: questions
What is the median household income in Sisseton Township?
$94,286 (±$62,111) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,081 across South Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sisseton Township?
4.4%, against 11.9% across South Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sisseton Township?
16 minutes each way on average, against 18 across South Dakota and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sisseton Township work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sisseton (48%, 2 mi), Greendale Township (8%, 22 mi), Agency Village (6%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Sisseton Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Sisseton Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sisseton Township
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.