Saint Onge State Bank · Photo: Jon Roanhaus · Public domainEarning a living in St. Onge Township
Home is the office for 0% of workers, against 10% across South Dakota. Only 1% work in St. Onge Township itself; outside it, Spearfish draws the most (29%, 6 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 29 minutes, where South Dakota has 18 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of St. Onge Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 138 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 87 people come in from elsewhere.
About 330 people are in St. Onge Township on a workday afternoon, 14% fewer than live here.
0.64 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 people from St. Onge Township work
Where St. Onge Township clocks in
29% of workers
19% 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.
Goods jobs make up 42% of work in St. Onge Township
89 jobs are based in St. Onge Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in St. Onge Township, 2013 → 2023: 65 → 89. 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 St. Onge Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 29 minutes from St. Onge Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of St. Onge Township workers work from home, vs 10% across South Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 258 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.
How far St. Onge Township’s workers travel
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 St. Onge Township: questions
What is the poverty rate in St. Onge Township?
0.0%, against 11.9% across South Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from St. Onge Township?
29 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 St. Onge Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Spearfish (29%, 6 mi), Rapid City (19%, 43 mi), Sturgis (11%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around St. Onge Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from St. Onge Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of St. Onge 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.