Making a living in Spring Lake Colony
No jobs are based in Spring Lake Colony in the Census job records; 46 of its residents work elsewhere. Home is the office for 0% of workers (South Dakota 10%). Hardly any work in Spring Lake Colony itself; outside it, Brookings draws the most (13%, 20 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Spring Lake Colony
On a workday 46 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 0 people are in Spring Lake Colony on a workday afternoon, 100% 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 Lake Colony’s working residents head each day
Where Spring Lake Colony clocks in
11% of workers
11% 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 Spring Lake Colony
of Spring Lake Colony workers work from home, vs 10% across South Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 18 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Spring Lake Colony
About 31% 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 Spring Lake Colony: questions
What is the poverty rate in Spring Lake Colony?
48.6%, against 11.9% across South Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Spring Lake Colony work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Brookings (13%, 20 mi), Arlington (11%, 9 mi), Madison (11%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Spring Lake Colony, from the people who make the trip.
More of Spring Lake 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.