Plano Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Home is the office for 0% of workers, against 10% across South Dakota. There are 4 jobs in Plano Township; 52 of its residents have a job. Hardly any stay in Plano Township for work; outside it, Mitchell is the main destination (33%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Plano Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 52 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 4 people come in from elsewhere.
About 47 people are in Plano Township on a workday afternoon, 51% 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.
Where people from Plano Township work
Where Plano 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.
Goods jobs make up 50% of work in Plano Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Plano Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Plano Township spends getting to work: about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Plano Township workers work from home, vs 10% across South Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 36 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 Plano Township to work
About 35% 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 Plano Township
The biggest share goes to Hanson Township (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Plano Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plano Township | – | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Fairview Township | under 4% | — | — | 36 min | — |
| Perry Township | under 4% | — | — | — | — |
| Hanson Township | 6% | — | — | 14 min | — |
| Ravenna Township | under 4% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Fairview Township, Perry Township, Hanson Township and Ravenna Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Plano 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 Plano Township: questions
What is the poverty rate in Plano Township?
61.9%, against 11.9% across South Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Plano Township?
28 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 Plano Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mitchell (33%, 8 mi), Sioux Falls (12%, 62 mi), Hanson Township (6%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Plano 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 Plano Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Plano 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.