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Jobs & commute in Pleasant Township

With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Pleasant Township works elsewhere

47% of workers have no commute at all, next to 10% for South Dakota as a whole. There are 4 jobs in Pleasant Township, against 22 working residents. Hardly any work in Pleasant Township itself; outside it, Wessington Springs draws the most (32%, 8 miles).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

4 jobs based here
Poverty
0.0%
South Dakota 11.9%
Unemployment
0.0%
South Dakota 2.9% · U.S. 5.2%
Work in town
0%
0 of 22 working residents
Work from home
47%
South Dakota 10% · U.S. 15%
Day and night

The daily commute in and out of Pleasant Township

On a workday 22 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 4 people come in from elsewhere.

22live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
4work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night54
Workday36
54live here− 22head out to work+ 4come in to work= 36on a workday

About 36 people are in Pleasant Township on a workday afternoon, 33% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.18jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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 commute map

Commuting out of Pleasant Township: the destinations

De Smet: 1 residents work here (5%)Wessington Springs: 7 residents work here (32%)WolseyHuron: 2 residents work here (9%)Mitchell: 4 residents work here (18%)Brookings: 1 residents work here (5%)Aberdeen: 1 residents work here (5%)Sioux Falls: 2 residents work here (9%)Grand Prairie TownshipPleasant TownshipViola Township: 1 residents work here (5%)Wessington Springs Township: 2 residents work here (9%)Crow TownshipFranklin TownshipHarmony TownshipCrow Lake TownshipTwin Lake Township: 1 residents work here (5%)Wessington SpringsMitchellHuronSioux FallsWessington Springs TownshipDe SmetPleasant Township
1
Wessington Springs8.5 mi away
32%7
2
Mitchell41.6 mi away
18%4
3
Huron33.6 mi away
9%2
4
Sioux Falls106.3 mi away
9%2
5
Wessington Springs Township11.7 mi away
9%2
6
De Smet63.1 mi away
5%1
7
Brookings98.2 mi away
5%1
8
Aberdeen98.1 mi away
5%1
9
Viola Township12.8 mi away
5%1
10
Twin Lake Township23.3 mi away
5%1
The top trips

Where Pleasant Township clocks in

32% of workers
8.5 mi awayWessington Springs7 Pleasant Township residents work here · Jobs & commute →
18%Mitchell
18% of workers
41.6 mi awayMitchell4 Pleasant Township residents work here · Jobs & commute →
9%Huron
9% of workers
33.6 mi awayHuron2 Pleasant Township residents work here · Jobs & commute →

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.

The jobs

100% of the jobs in Pleasant Township make or build things

Jobs based in Pleasant TownshipJobs Pleasant Township residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms100%27%
Trade, transport & utilities0%5%
Services: health, schools, offices0%68%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less0%23%
$1,251–$3,333 a month75%36%
Over $3,333 a month25%41%

Who does it

29 or younger75%27%
30 to 5425%41%
55 and older0%32%

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 Pleasant Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Working from home in Pleasant Township

Working from home
47%

of Pleasant Township workers work from home, vs 10% across South Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.

About 5 in 10
How Pleasant Township gets to work
70%Drive alone
30%Walk

Share of the 10 commuters (the 47% 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.

How far

Near or far: the trip to work from Pleasant Township

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miWessington Springs: 32% · 8.5 miMitchell: 18% · 41.6 miHuron: 9% · 33.6 miSioux Falls: 9% · 106.3 miWessington Springs Township: 9% · 11.7 miDe Smet: 5% · 63.1 miBrookings: 5% · 98.2 miAberdeen: 5% · 98.1 miViola Township: 5% · 12.8 miTwin Lake Township: 5% · 23.3 miWessington Springs 32%Mitchell 18%Huron 9%Pleasant Township
Pleasant TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
36%Under 10 mi8 residents
14%10–24 mi3 residents
27%25–50 mi6 residents
23%Over 50 mi5 residents

About 23% 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

Next door to Pleasant Township

Crow Township: few work hereHarmony Township: few work hereCrow Lake Township: few work hereCrow TownshipHarmony TownshipCrow Lake TownshipPleasant Township
10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%
Crow Townshipunder 5% of Pleasant TownshipHarmony Townshipunder 5% of Pleasant TownshipCrow Lake Townshipunder 5% of Pleasant Township

Jobs & commute next door

TownPleasant Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Pleasant Township–————
Crow Townshipunder 5%————
Harmony Townshipunder 5%————
Crow Lake Townshipunder 5%————

Same-state neighbors only. Crow Township, Harmony Township and Crow Lake Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Pleasant Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Pleasant Township: questions

What is the poverty rate in Pleasant Township?

0.0%, against 11.9% across South Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Pleasant Township work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wessington Springs (32%, 8 mi), Mitchell (18%, 42 mi), Huron (9%, 34 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Pleasant 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 Pleasant Township, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
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Beyond the commute

More of Pleasant Township

Pleasant Township home →
HandbookGetting around Pleasant TownshipRoads, buses, parking and the basics
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RankingsTop towns in SDShortest commutes, work from home & more

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.