Making a living in Spink Colony
The Census job records count 40 working residents of Spink Colony and no jobs based in it. For 0% of workers, the job is at home; South Dakota has 10%. Hardly any work in Spink Colony itself; outside it, Aberdeen draws the most (13%, 50 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Spink Colony for work, and who comes in
On a workday 40 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 48 people are in Spink Colony on a workday afternoon, 45% fewer than live here.
0.00 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 2023, primary jobs.
The places Spink Colony commutes to
Where Spink 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.
Working from home in Spink Colony
of Spink Colony workers work from home, vs 10% across South Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 20 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.
How far Spink Colony goes to work
About 60% 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.
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 Spink Colony: questions
What is the poverty rate in Spink Colony?
77.3%, against 11.9% across South Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Spink Colony work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Aberdeen (13%, 50 mi), Doland (10%, 14 mi), Jamestown (5%, 151 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Spink Colony, from the people who make the trip.
More of Spink Colony
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.