Shafer Round Barn · Photo: AlexiusHoratius · CC BY-SA 3.0Unemployment in Split Rock Township (0.0%) is among the lowest in the country
Jobs & income A+: among the top U.S. towns on income, poverty, unemployment and job access · #1 of 35 in South Dakota.
Walkability D: more walkable than 10% of U.S. towns.
Household incomes here are higher than in 95% of U.S. towns. Working residents average 19 minutes each way (South Dakota 18, U.S. 26). Only 1% work in Split Rock Township; the top destination outside it is Sioux Falls (72%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Split Rock Township, in brief
Much of Split Rock Township works one town over
79% of working residents work in a town that borders Split Rock Township: Sioux Falls (72%) and Brandon (7%). Next door ↓
Most Split Rock Township residents work close to home
79% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
Split Rock Township makes and builds things
45% of the jobs based in Split Rock Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Split Rock Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 15%. The jobs ↓
Split Rock Township is a place people come home to
There are 449 jobs based in Split Rock Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Split Rock Township has about 1,700 people in it, 45% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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.
What’s behind Split Rock Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Split Rock Township is among the top U.S. towns, #1 of 35 in South Dakota. The poverty rate is its strongest input (0.6%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 70% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A firm grade. At either end of the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Split Rock Township stays A+.
Half of Split Rock Township commutes less than 6 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Split Rock Township makes things: 45% of its jobs are in goods
449 jobs are based in Split Rock Township. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Split Rock Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Split Rock Township, 2013 → 2023: 386 → 449. 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.
Split Rock Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 1,824 residents head out to work, 22 work right here, and 427 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,700 people are in Split Rock Township on a workday afternoon, 45% fewer than live here.
0.24 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.
72% of working residents work in Sioux Falls
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Split Rock Township clocks in
Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
About 19 minutes each way, about the SD average
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Split Rock Township workers work from home, vs 10% across South Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,507 commuters (the 12% 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.
Most trips from Split Rock Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Split Rock Township is more walkable than 10% of U.S. towns, #35 of 35 in South Dakota. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 4.3% across South Dakota.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,715 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 40% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.8% of Split Rock Township households have no vehicle (South Dakota 5.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Split Rock Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Split Rock Township is 44th of 4,562 U.S. towns of 2,200 to 4,200 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Split Rock Township, the top three, the last and three more from South Dakota.
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 42 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| 43 | May Township MN | 2,638 | $137K | 2.0% | 0.7% | 4% | A+ |
| 44 | Split Rock Township SD | 3,086 | $148K | 0.6% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| 45 | Great Neck Estates NY | 3,139 | $238K | 5.7% | 1.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 46 | Evendale OH | 2,657 | $149K | 1.5% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
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| 109 | Springdale Township SD | 2,229 | $151K | 1.3% | 0.2% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 409 | Dakota Dunes SD | 3,936 | $136K | 2.4% | 3.4% | 16% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 417 | Hartford SD | 3,635 | $100K | 5.5% | 0.9% | 9% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 4,562 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
79% of Split Rock Township works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Sioux Falls (72%). Darker towns draw more of Split Rock Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Split Rock Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Split Rock Township | – | A+ | D | 19 min | $147,717 |
| Sioux Falls | 72% | B+ | A− | 17 min | $75,970 |
| Brandon | 7% | A+ | B− | 18 min | $110,806 |
| Brandon Township | under 1% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Valley Springs Township | under 1% | — | — | 28 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Brandon Township and Valley Springs Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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 Split Rock Township: questions
What is the median household income in Split Rock Township?
$147,717 (±$28,190) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,081 across South Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Split Rock Township?
0.6%, against 11.9% across South Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Split Rock Township?
19 minutes each way on average, against 18 across South Dakota and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Split Rock Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sioux Falls (72%, 8 mi), Brandon (7%, 3 mi), Delapre Township (1%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Split Rock Township walkable?
Split Rock Township is more walkable than 10% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.4 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Split Rock Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Split Rock Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Split Rock 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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.