Spring Creek Colony has 0.0 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
The trip to work takes 8 minutes on average, where South Dakota has 18 and the U.S. 26. Employers in Spring Creek Colony report 2 jobs, and 76 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Spring Creek Colony; the top destination outside it is Aberdeen (22%, 36 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Spring Creek Colony, and who commutes in
On a workday 76 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere.
About 140 people are in Spring Creek Colony on a workday afternoon, 35% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Where the trip to work from Spring Creek Colony ends
Where Spring Creek Colony clocks in
13% 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.
Spring Creek Colony is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Spring Creek Colony’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Spring Creek Colony’s commute takes about 8 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 2.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Spring Creek Colony workers work from home, vs 10% across South Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 97 commuters (the 13% 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.
Where in the region Spring Creek Colony works
About 24% 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.
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 Spring Creek Colony: questions
What is the poverty rate in Spring Creek Colony?
60.9%, against 11.9% across South Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Spring Creek Colony?
8 minutes each way on average, against 18 across South Dakota and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Spring Creek Colony work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Aberdeen (22%, 36 mi), Eureka (20%, 37 mi), Leola (13%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Spring Creek Colony, from the people who make the trip.
More of Spring Creek Colony
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.