Vangen Church · Photo: Ammodramus · CC0Volin Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Commuters spend 25 minutes getting to work on average, where South Dakota has 18 and the U.S. 26. Employers in Volin Township report 11 jobs, and 117 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Volin Township for work; outside it, Yankton is the main destination (38%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Volin Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 116 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 10 people come in from elsewhere.
About 140 people are in Volin Township on a workday afternoon, 44% 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 Volin Township goes to work
Where Volin Township clocks in
38% 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.
Goods jobs make up 45% of work in Volin Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Volin Township, 2014 → 2024: 21 → 11. 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 Volin Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 25 minutes to work from Volin Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Volin Township workers work from home, vs 10% across South Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 129 commuters (the 38% 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.
Miles to work from Volin Township
About 19% 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.
How Volin Township compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Volin Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Volin Township | – | — | — | 25 min | $101,542 |
| Gayville Township | under 2% | — | — | 16 min | — |
| Bethel Township | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Mission Hill Township | under 2% | — | — | 15 min | — |
| Mission Hill | under 2% | — | — | 18 min | — |
| Marindahl Township | under 2% | — | — | 38 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Gayville Township, Bethel Township, Mission Hill Township, Mission Hill and Marindahl Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Volin 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 Volin Township: questions
What is the median household income in Volin Township?
$101,542 (±$3,713) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,081 across South Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Volin Township?
1.0%, against 11.9% across South Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Volin Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 18 across South Dakota and 26 nationally. 38% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Volin Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Yankton (38%, 10 mi), Sioux Falls (15%, 47 mi), Viborg (3%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Volin 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 Volin Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Volin 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.