Sweep Hotel · Photo: Ammodramus · CC0Jobs, pay and the trip to work in Plankinton
228 jobs are based in Plankinton, against 328 working residents. About one in ten stay in Plankinton for work; outside it, Mitchell is the main destination (18%, 22 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 22 minutes (South Dakota 18, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Plankinton: the figures worth knowing
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Plankinton
About 27% 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.
Who leaves Plankinton for work, and who comes in
On a workday 290 residents head out to work, 38 work right here, and 190 people come in from elsewhere.
About 680 people are in Plankinton on a workday afternoon, 13% fewer than live here.
0.70 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.
Out of Plankinton to work: where people go
Where Plankinton 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.
Jobs in Plankinton: what the 228 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Plankinton, 2013 → 2023: 201 → 228. 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’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Plankinton: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Plankinton workers work from home, vs 10% across South Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 316 commuters (the 11% 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.
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: questions
What is the median household income in Plankinton?
$74,833 (±$7,114) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,081 across South Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Plankinton?
15.6%, against 11.9% across South Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Plankinton?
22 minutes each way on average, against 18 across South Dakota and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Plankinton work?
12% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mitchell (18%, 22 mi), Sioux Falls (9%, 88 mi), Plankinton Township (7%, 1 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Plankinton without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Plankinton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Plankinton
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.