Bradley First Lutheran Church · Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Bp0 assumed (based on copyright claims). · CC0Earning a living in Thorp Township
Commuters spend 44 minutes getting to work on average, against 18 across South Dakota and 26 nationally. 20% of workers work from home, next to 10% for South Dakota as a whole. Hardly any work in Thorp Township itself; outside it, Willow Lake draws the most (17%, 27 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Thorp Township by day and by night
On a workday 12 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 9 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
0.75 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 Thorp Township goes to work
Where Thorp Township clocks in
17% of workers
17% 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.
67% of the jobs in Thorp Township pay over $3,333 a month
9 jobs are based in Thorp Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Thorp Township, 2013 → 2023: 11 → 9. 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 Thorp Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Thorp Township takes about 44 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Thorp Township workers work from home, vs 10% across South Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 24 commuters (the 20% 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.
Half of Thorp Township commutes less than 29 miles
About 33% 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.
Next door to Thorp Township
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Thorp Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thorp Township | – | — | — | 44 min | $94,643 |
| Cottonwood Township | under 9% | — | — | — | — |
| Maydell Township | under 9% | — | — | — | — |
| Woodland Township | under 9% | — | — | — | — |
| Mount Pleasant Township | under 9% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Cottonwood Township, Maydell Township, Woodland Township and Mount Pleasant Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Thorp 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 Thorp Township: questions
What is the median household income in Thorp Township?
$94,643 (±$42,037) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,081 across South Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Thorp Township?
0.0%, against 11.9% across South Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Thorp Township?
44 minutes each way on average, against 18 across South Dakota and 26 nationally. 20% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Thorp Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Willow Lake (17%, 27 mi), Clark (17%, 10 mi), Watertown (17%, 27 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Thorp 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 Thorp Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Thorp 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.