Human Services Center · Photo: Ammodramus · Public domainWork means Yankton for more than half of Utica Township’s working residents
Home is the office for 0% of workers; South Dakota has 10%. The trip to work takes 17 minutes on average, where South Dakota has 18 and the U.S. 26. Employers in Utica Township report 237 jobs, and 285 of its residents work somewhere.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Utica Township, in brief
More than half of Utica Township works in Yankton
166 working residents, 58%, have their main job in Yankton, 5.4 miles away across the town line. That’s 58 times as many as work in Utica Township itself. The commute map ↓
Most Utica Township residents work close to home
69% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. How far ↓
Few Utica Township workers work from home
Only 0% of workers work from home, against 10% across South Dakota. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 285 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Commuting out of Utica Township: the destinations
Where Utica Township clocks in
58% of workers
2% 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.
How far Utica Township goes to work
About 21% 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.
About 17 minutes each way, about the SD average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Utica Township workers work from home, vs 10% across South Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 138 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.
Who works in Utica Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 283 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 235 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.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.83 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Utica Township works in goods: 30% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Utica Township, 2014 → 2024: 139 → 237. 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 Utica Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Work next door: 58% of Utica Township’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Utica Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Utica Township | – | — | — | 17 min | $41,827 |
| Yankton | 58% | B− | A | 13 min | $67,804 |
| Mission Hill Township | under 1% | — | — | 15 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Mission Hill Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Yankton. Darker towns draw more of Utica 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 Utica Township: questions
What is the median household income in Utica Township?
$41,827 (±$32,584) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,081 across South Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Utica Township?
20.9%, against 11.9% across South Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Utica Township?
17 minutes each way on average, against 18 across South Dakota and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Utica Township work?
1% work in town.
Can you get around Utica 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 Utica Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Utica 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.