Jobs, pay and the trip to work in Spring Creek
The trip to work takes 12 minutes on average; South Dakota averages 18, the U.S. 26. Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers; South Dakota has 10%. Hardly any stay in Spring Creek for work; outside it, Two Strike is the main destination (39%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Spring Creek by day and by night
On a workday 38 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 290 people are in Spring Creek on a workday afternoon, 12% 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.
Where Spring Creek’s working residents head each day
Where Spring Creek clocks in
Lines 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.
How long Spring Creek spends getting to work: about 12 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 3.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Spring Creek workers work from home, vs 10% across South Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 65 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.
Spring Creek’s commute, mile by mile
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 Spring Creek: questions
What is the poverty rate in Spring Creek?
93.3%, against 11.9% across South Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Spring Creek?
12 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 Spring Creek work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Two Strike (39%, 9 mi), St. Francis (26%, 7 mi), Soldier Creek (13%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Spring Creek without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 20% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Spring Creek, from the people who make the trip.
More of Spring Creek
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.