Vermont Township at work: jobs, income and the commute
4 jobs are based in Vermont Township for 3 working residents. 44% of workers work from home, next to 10% for South Dakota as a whole. Hardly any work in Vermont Township itself; outside it, Roscoe draws the most (33%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 3 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 4 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 (1.33 per resident).
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 Vermont Township goes to work
Where Vermont Township clocks in
33% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 100% of the jobs in Vermont Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Vermont Township, 2013 → 2023: 38 → 4. 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 Vermont Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Vermont Township
of Vermont Township workers work from home, vs 10% across South Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5 commuters (the 44% 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 Vermont Township
About 67% 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.
The towns around Vermont Township
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Vermont Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vermont Township | – | — | — | — | — |
| Liberty Township | under 34% | — | — | — | — |
| Enterprise Township | under 34% | — | — | — | — |
| Hillside Township | under 34% | — | — | — | — |
| Montpelier Township | under 34% | — | — | 40 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Liberty Township, Enterprise Township, Hillside Township and Montpelier Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Vermont 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 Vermont Township: questions
What is the poverty rate in Vermont Township?
0.0%, against 11.9% across South Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Vermont Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Roscoe (33%, 10 mi), Tea (33%, 177 mi), Grenville Township (33%, 92 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Vermont 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 Vermont Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Vermont 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.