Raesly House · Photo: Ammodramus · CC0Where Plankinton Township earns its living
Only 6% work in Plankinton Township itself; outside it, Mitchell draws the most (14%, 23 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 17 minutes, next to 18 for South Dakota and 26 for the U.S. 106 jobs are based in Plankinton Township, and 90 of its residents work somewhere.
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 85 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 101 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 (1.18 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.
Commuting out of Plankinton Township: the destinations
Where Plankinton 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.
What Plankinton Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Plankinton Township, 2013 → 2023: 152 → 106. 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 Plankinton Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Plankinton Township: about 17 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Plankinton Township workers work from home, vs 10% across South Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 117 commuters (the 13% 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 Plankinton Township
About 32% 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 Plankinton Township
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Plankinton Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plankinton Township | – | — | — | 17 min | $71,563 |
| Eureka Township | under 4% | — | — | — | — |
| Firesteel Township | under 4% | — | — | — | — |
| Hopper Township | under 4% | — | — | — | — |
| Pleasant Lake Township | under 4% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Eureka Township, Firesteel Township, Hopper Township and Pleasant Lake Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Plankinton 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 Plankinton Township: questions
What is the median household income in Plankinton Township?
$71,563 (±$10,448) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,081 across South Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Plankinton Township?
10.9%, against 11.9% across South Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Plankinton Township?
17 minutes each way on average, against 18 across South Dakota and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Plankinton Township work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mitchell (14%, 23 mi), Sioux Falls (10%, 89 mi), Plankinton (9%, 1 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Plankinton 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 Plankinton Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Plankinton 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.