About half of Winsor Township’s working residents commute to Brookings
The trip to work takes 29 minutes on average, next to 18 for South Dakota and 26 for the U.S. For 20% of workers, the job is at home, against 10% across South Dakota. Hardly any work in Winsor Township; the top destination outside it is Brookings (47%, 16 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Winsor Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 76 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 18 people come in from elsewhere.
About 110 people are in Winsor Township on a workday afternoon, 36% fewer than live here.
0.24 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.
The towns that employ Winsor Township’s residents
Where Winsor Township clocks in
Lines 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.
78% of the jobs in Winsor Township make or build things
18 jobs are based in Winsor Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Winsor Township, 2013 → 2023: 24 → 18. 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 Winsor Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 29 minutes from Winsor Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Winsor Township workers work from home, vs 10% across South Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 84 commuters (the 20% 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.
The distance from Winsor Township to work
About 24% 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.
Next door to Winsor Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Winsor Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winsor Township | – | — | — | 29 min | $125,789 |
| Oakwood Township | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Laketon Township | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Bangor Township | under 2% | — | — | 18 min | — |
| Denver Township | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Oakwood Township, Laketon Township, Bangor Township and Denver Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Winsor 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 Winsor Township: questions
What is the median household income in Winsor Township?
$125,789 (±$48,625) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,081 across South Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Winsor Township?
0.0%, against 11.9% across South Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Winsor Township?
29 minutes each way on average, against 18 across South Dakota and 26 nationally. 20% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Winsor Township work?
0% work in town.
Can you get around Winsor 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 Winsor Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Winsor 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.