Twin Lake Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.5 for each
Twin Lake Township has 14 jobs for 26 working residents. Only 4% work in Twin Lake Township; the top destination outside it is Huron (12%, 26 miles). Working residents average 17 minutes each way, against 18 across South Dakota and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Twin Lake Township
On a workday 25 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 13 people come in from elsewhere.
About 82 people are in Twin Lake Township on a workday afternoon, 13% 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 Lake Township goes to work
Where Twin Lake 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.
Twin Lake Township makes things: 71% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Twin Lake Township, 2014 → 2024: 17 → 14. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Twin Lake Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 17 minutes to work from Twin Lake Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Twin Lake Township workers work from home, vs 10% across South Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 47 commuters (the 15% 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 Lake Township works
About 27% 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.
Next door to Twin Lake Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Twin Lake Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Twin Lake Township | – | — | — | 17 min | — |
| Blaine Township | under 4% | — | — | — | — |
| Woonsocket Township | under 4% | — | — | 15 min | — |
| Elliott Township | under 4% | — | — | — | — |
| Logan Township | under 4% | — | — | 30 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Blaine Township, Woonsocket Township, Elliott Township and Logan Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Twin Lake 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 Lake Township: questions
What is the poverty rate in Twin Lake Township?
0.0%, against 11.9% across South Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Twin Lake Township?
17 minutes each way on average, against 18 across South Dakota and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Twin Lake Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Huron (12%, 26 mi), Mitchell (12%, 22 mi), Woonsocket (8%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Twin Lake Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Twin Lake Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Twin Lake 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.