Photo: User:Magicpiano · CC BY-SA 4.0How Vermillion Township works: jobs, income and commuting
Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, against 10% across South Dakota. Only 2% stay in Vermillion Township for work; outside it, Vermillion is the main destination (38%, 2 miles). At 18 minutes each way, commutes from Vermillion Township run about the South Dakota average.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Vermillion Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 168 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 273 people come in from elsewhere.
About 500 people are in Vermillion Township on a workday afternoon, 27% more than live here.
1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
Commuting in to Vermillion Township: where workers come from
Where Vermillion Township clocks in
38% of workers
5% 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.
The kinds of work in Vermillion Township
277 jobs are based in Vermillion Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Vermillion Township, 2013 → 2023: 30 → 277. 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 Vermillion Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Vermillion Township’s commute takes about 18 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Vermillion Township workers work from home, vs 10% across South Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 150 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Vermillion Township
About 22% 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.
Vermillion Township and its neighbors: 40% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Vermillion Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vermillion Township | – | — | — | 18 min | — |
| Vermillion | 38% | C+ | A− | 17 min | $50,456 |
| Fairview Township | 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Norway Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Spirit Mound Township | under 2% | — | — | 34 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Fairview Township, Norway Township and Spirit Mound Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Vermillion. Darker towns draw more of Vermillion 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 Vermillion Township: questions
What is the poverty rate in Vermillion Township?
13.2%, against 11.9% across South Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Vermillion Township?
18 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 Vermillion Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Vermillion (38%, 2 mi), Sioux Falls (17%, 55 mi), Yankton (5%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Vermillion 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 Vermillion Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Vermillion 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.