Households in Springdale Township have higher incomes than those in 95% of U.S. towns
Springdale Township grades A+ for jobs and income and D for walkability. Below the poverty line: 1.3% of residents; South Dakota has 11.9%. Only 1% stay in Springdale Township for work; outside it, Sioux Falls is the main destination (69%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Springdale Township apart on work
Much of Springdale Township works one town over
77% of working residents work in a town that borders Springdale Township: Sioux Falls (69%), Harrisburg (5%) and Delapre Township (3%). Next door ↓
Short distances, slow trips
Half of Springdale Township’s working residents have a job less than 8 miles away, yet the average commute still takes 25 minutes, longer than the South Dakota average of 18. Time on the road ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
60% of the jobs in Springdale Township are in trade, transport and utilities, against 19% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Most Springdale Township residents work close to home
75% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about three in four. How far ↓
Young people hold many of the jobs here
41% of the jobs based in Springdale Township are held by workers 29 or younger, against 23% of Springdale Township’s own working residents. The jobs ↓
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 drives the Jobs & income grade in Springdale Township
On income, poverty and job access, Springdale Township is better than 98% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate is its strongest input; job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 68% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
Unemployment (0.2%) is left out: Springdale Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Springdale Township could be anywhere from A to A+.
About 25 minutes to work from Springdale Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Springdale Township workers work from home, vs 10% across South Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 857 commuters (the 10% 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.
What Springdale Township’s employers do
837 jobs are based in Springdale Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Springdale Township, 2013 → 2023: 233 → 837. 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.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Springdale Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Springdale Township
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.
Who works in Springdale Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 1,255 residents head out to work, 19 work right here, and 818 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,800 people are in Springdale Township on a workday afternoon, 20% fewer than live here.
0.66 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 Springdale Township’s working residents head each day
Where Springdale Township 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.
The commute in Springdale Township is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Springdale Township is more walkable than 13% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Springdale Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 948 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 under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 0.0% of Springdale Township households have no vehicle (South Dakota 5.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Springdale Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,600 to 3,000, Springdale Township ranks 93rd of 5,102 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 61 | Delapre Township SD | 2,053 | $141K | 1.2% | 0.0% | 4% | A+ |
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| 91 | Lake Success NY | 2,849 | $244K | 4.4% | 3.3% | 3% | A+ |
| 92 | St. Hedwig TX | 2,404 | $147K | 3.3% | 2.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 93 | Springdale Township SD | 2,229 | $151K | 1.3% | 0.2% | 1% | A+ |
| 94 | Cathcart WA | 2,064 | $130K | 3.2% | 1.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 95 | Windy Hills KY | 2,476 | $131K | 5.1% | 1.9% | 1% | A+ |
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| 259 | Mapleton Township SD | 2,063 | $111K | 2.4% | 2.7% | 1% | A |
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| 1,001 | Green Valley SD | 1,642 | $82K | 1.0% | 5.5% | 0% | B+ |
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| 5,102 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Springdale Township, the top three, the last and three more from South Dakota.
The towns next door employ 77% of Springdale Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Springdale Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Springdale Township | – | A+ | D | 25 min | $151,000 |
| Sioux Falls | 69% | B+ | A− | 17 min | $75,970 |
| Harrisburg | 5% | A+ | C | 22 min | $108,724 |
| Delapre Township | 3% | A+ | C− | 19 min | $141,058 |
| Dayton Township | under 1% | — | — | 20 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Dayton Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Sioux Falls. Darker towns draw more of Springdale Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Springdale Township: questions
What is the median household income in Springdale Township?
$151,000 (±$46,625) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,081 across South Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Springdale Township?
1.3%, against 11.9% across South Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Springdale Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 18 across South Dakota and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Springdale Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sioux Falls (69%, 7 mi), Harrisburg (5%, 4 mi), Delapre Township (3%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Springdale Township walkable?
Springdale Township is more walkable than 13% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.9 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Springdale Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Springdale Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Springdale 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.