Most of Twin Brooks Township commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Employers in Twin Brooks Township report 6 jobs, against 29 working residents. Hardly any work in Twin Brooks Township; the top destination outside it is Milbank (28%, 9 miles). For 24% of workers, the job is at home, against 10% across South Dakota.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Twin Brooks Township by day and by night
On a workday 29 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 6 people come in from elsewhere.
About 68 people are in Twin Brooks Township on a workday afternoon, 25% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Where Twin Brooks Township’s working residents head each day
Where Twin Brooks Township clocks in
28% of workers
14% of workers
7% 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.
A place that makes things: 100% of Twin Brooks Township’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Twin Brooks Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Twin Brooks Township
of Twin Brooks Township workers work from home, vs 10% across South Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 16 commuters (the 24% 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.
Where in the region Twin Brooks Township works
About 24% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Twin Brooks Township and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Grant Center Township (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Twin Brooks Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Twin Brooks Township | – | — | — | — | $138,500 |
| Stockholm Township | under 4% | — | — | 39 min | — |
| Mazeppa Township | under 4% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Kilborn Township | under 4% | — | — | — | — |
| Grant Center Township | 7% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Osceola Township | under 4% | — | — | 15 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Stockholm Township, Mazeppa Township, Kilborn Township, Grant Center Township and Osceola Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Twin Brooks 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 2024, 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 Twin Brooks Township: questions
What is the median household income in Twin Brooks Township?
$138,500 (±$114,600) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,081 across South Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Twin Brooks Township?
25.8%, against 11.9% across South Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Twin Brooks Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Milbank (28%, 9 mi), Watertown (14%, 26 mi), Vermillion (7%, 167 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Twin Brooks 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 Twin Brooks Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Twin Brooks Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.