Households in Wall Lake Township earn more than those in 91% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Wall Lake Township A; getting around on foot earns it D. 32% of workers work from home, next to 10% for South Dakota as a whole. Only 3% work in Wall Lake Township itself; outside it, Sioux Falls draws the most (64%, 11 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Wall Lake Township: the figures worth knowing
More than half of Wall Lake Township works in Sioux Falls
409 working residents, 64%, have their main job in Sioux Falls, 11 miles away. That’s 21 times as many as work in Wall Lake Township itself. The commute map ↓
A lot of Wall Lake Township works from home
32% of Wall Lake Township workers work from home, against 10% across South Dakota. Time on the road ↓
Wall Lake Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 23 minutes each way, against 18 across South Dakota. Over a year that’s about 176 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 641 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Wall Lake Township
On income, poverty and job access, Wall Lake Township is better than 95% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate is its strongest input (hardly any, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 59% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Wall Lake Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Wall Lake Township could be anywhere from A to A+.
Commuting out of Wall Lake Township: the destinations
Where Wall Lake Township clocks in
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.
About 23 minutes to work from Wall Lake Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wall Lake Township workers work from home, vs 10% across South Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 423 commuters (the 32% 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 leaves Wall Lake Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 624 residents head out to work, 17 work right here, and 179 people come in from elsewhere.
About 770 people are in Wall Lake Township on a workday afternoon, 37% fewer than live here.
0.31 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute 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.
Jobs in Wall Lake Township: what the 196 are
196 jobs are based in Wall Lake Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wall Lake Township, 2013 → 2023: 123 → 196. 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 Wall Lake Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from Wall Lake Township
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.
Wall Lake Township is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Wall Lake Township is more walkable than 9% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 4.3% across South Dakota.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 620 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 7.9% of Wall Lake Township households have no vehicle (South Dakota 5.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Wall Lake Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Wall Lake Township next to U.S. towns of 800 to 1,600: 122nd of 4,312 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 120 | Burlington Township OH | 1,254 | $141K | 1.0% | 0.0% | 1% | A |
| 121 | Center Township OH | 1,161 | $108K | 0.8% | 3.6% | 2% | A |
| 122 | Wall Lake Township SD | 1,210 | $129K | 0.0% | 0.0% | 3% | A |
| 123 | Monument Hills CA | 1,551 | $218K | 3.6% | 1.7% | 2% | A |
| 124 | Belleair Beach FL | 1,581 | $164K | 5.9% | 3.6% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 149 | Jefferson Township SD | 1,207 | $196K | 2.0% | 3.6% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 152 | Crooks SD | 1,415 | $99K | 0.5% | 1.4% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 302 | Baltic SD | 1,344 | $108K | 1.2% | 2.7% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,312 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Wall Lake Township, the top three, the last and three more from South Dakota.
How Wall Lake Township compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Hartford Township (1%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Wall Lake Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wall Lake Township | – | A | D | 23 min | $129,375 |
| Wellington Township | under 1% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Wayne Township | under 1% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Hartford Township | 1% | — | — | 40 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Wellington Township, Wayne Township and Hartford Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Wall 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 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 Wall Lake Township: questions
What is the median household income in Wall Lake Township?
$129,375 (±$39,783) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,081 across South Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wall Lake Township?
0.0%, against 11.9% across South Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wall Lake Township?
23 minutes each way on average, against 18 across South Dakota and 26 nationally. 32% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wall Lake Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sioux Falls (64%, 11 mi), Hartford (8%, 5 mi), Humboldt (2%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Wall Lake Township walkable?
Wall Lake Township is more walkable than 9% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.3 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Wall Lake Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Wall Lake Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wall Lake 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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.