Making a living in Sunset Colony
Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers (South Dakota 10%). Hardly any work in Sunset Colony itself; outside it, Britton draws the most (18%, 6 miles). Sunset Colony has 51 working residents in the Census job records, and no jobs of its own there.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Sunset Colony on a workday
On a workday 51 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 17 people are in Sunset Colony on a workday afternoon, 75% 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 Sunset Colony’s working residents head each day
Where Sunset Colony 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.
Working from home in Sunset Colony
of Sunset Colony workers work from home, vs 10% across South Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 34 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.
Miles to work from Sunset Colony
About 29% 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 Sunset Colony: questions
What is the poverty rate in Sunset Colony?
100.0%, against 11.9% across South Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Sunset Colony work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Britton (18%, 6 mi), Miller Township (12%, 4 mi), Sioux Falls (10%, 167 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Sunset Colony, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sunset 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.