Charles A. Barber Farmstead · Photo: Wabbit98 · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of York Township works elsewhere
0% of workers have no commute at all (South Dakota 10%). 1 jobs are based in York Township, and 14 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in York Township; the top destination outside it is Webster (14%, 12 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of York Township on a workday
On a workday 14 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere.
About 29 people are in York Township on a workday afternoon, 31% 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 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting out of York Township: the destinations
Where York 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in York Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in York Township, 2013 → 2023: 3 → 1. 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 York Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 40 minutes in York Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of York Township workers work from home, vs 10% across South Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 33 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.
The distance from York Township to work
About 50% 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 York Township
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | York Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| York Township | – | — | — | 40 min | — |
| Butler Township | under 8% | — | — | — | — |
| Highland Township | under 8% | — | — | — | — |
| Cottonwood Township | under 8% | — | — | — | — |
| Troy Township | under 8% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Butler Township, Highland Township, Cottonwood Township and Troy Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of York 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 York Township: questions
What is the poverty rate in York Township?
0.0%, against 11.9% across South Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from York Township?
40 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 York Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Webster (14%, 12 mi), Sioux Falls (14%, 124 mi), Hankinson (7%, 71 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around York Township without a car?
18% 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 York Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of York 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.