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Jobs & commute in Sully Township

Work means Winner for about half of Sully Township’s working residents

Working from home is the commute for 52% of workers, where South Dakota as a whole has 10%. Hardly any work in Sully Township itself; outside it, Winner draws the most (50%, 14 miles). There are 3 jobs in Sully Township; 14 of its residents have a job.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

The daily flow of workers through Sully Township

On a workday 14 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere.

14live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
3work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night28
Workday17
28live here− 14head out to work+ 3come in to work= 17on a workday

About 17 people are in Sully Township on a workday afternoon, 39% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.21jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

0.21 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.

The commute map

The places Sully Township commutes to

Colome: 1 residents work here (7%)BowdleHighmoreWinner: 7 residents work here (50%)Brookings: 1 residents work here (7%)Pierre: 1 residents work here (7%)Ideal Township: 1 residents work here (7%)Bull Creek TownshipWillow Creek Township: 1 residents work here (7%)Sully TownshipCondon Township: 1 residents work here (7%)Elliston Township: 1 residents work here (7%)Irwin TownshipPlainview TownshipWinnerColomeBrookingsPierreIdeal TownshipWillow Creek TownshipSully Township
1
Winner13.7 mi away
50%7
2
Colome11.8 mi away
7%1
3
Brookings152.6 mi away
7%1
4
Pierre76.7 mi away
7%1
5
Ideal Township19.6 mi away
7%1
67%1
7
Condon Township11.5 mi away
7%1
8
Elliston Township12.8 mi away
7%1
The top trips

Where Sully 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 jobs

Factories, building and farms: 100% of the jobs in Sully Township

Jobs based in Sully TownshipJobs Sully Township residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms100%29%
Trade, transport & utilities0%21%
Services: health, schools, offices0%50%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less0%43%
$1,251–$3,333 a month0%29%
Over $3,333 a month100%29%

Who does it

29 or younger67%21%
30 to 5433%36%
55 and older0%43%

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 Sully Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Working from home in Sully Township

Working from home
52%

of Sully Township workers work from home, vs 10% across South Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.

About 5 in 10
How Sully Township gets to work
24%Drive alone
76%Carpool

Share of the 29 commuters (the 52% 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

How far Sully Township’s workers travel

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miWinner: 50% · 13.7 miColome: 7% · 11.8 miBrookings: 7% · 152.6 miPierre: 7% · 76.7 miIdeal Township: 7% · 19.6 miWillow Creek Township: 7% · 25.1 miCondon Township: 7% · 11.5 miElliston Township: 7% · 12.8 miWinner 50%Colome 7%Brookings 7%Pierre 7%Ideal Township 7%Sully Township
Sully TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
7%Under 10 mi1 residents
71%10–24 mi10 residents
7%25–50 mi1 residents
14%Over 50 mi2 residents

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.

Next door

How Sully Township compares with the towns next door

Jobs & commute next door

TownSully Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Sully Township–———$88,580
Bull Creek Townshipunder 8%————
Irwin Townshipunder 8%————
Plainview Townshipunder 8%————

Same-state neighbors only. Bull Creek Township, Irwin Township and Plainview Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Sully Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Sully Township: questions

What is the median household income in Sully Township?

$88,580 (±$6,879) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,081 across South Dakota and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Sully Township?

0.0%, against 11.9% across South Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Sully Township work?

0% work in town.

Can you get around Sully 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 Sully Township, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Sully Township

Sully Township home →

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.