Holy Spirit Chapel · Photo: Kds4896 · CC BY-SA 4.0Pleasant Ridge Township draws 17 commuters a day, with 2.1 jobs for every working resident
For 33% of workers, the job is at home, next to 10% for South Dakota as a whole. Employers in Pleasant Ridge Township report 17 jobs; 8 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Pleasant Ridge Township; the top destination outside it is Timber Lake (13%, 18 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Pleasant Ridge Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 8 residents head out to work and none work right here.
About 40 people are in Pleasant Ridge Township on a workday afternoon, 29% more 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.
The daily trip into Pleasant Ridge Township
Where Pleasant Ridge Township clocks in
13% of workersLines 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.
Pleasant Ridge Township makes things: 100% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pleasant Ridge Township, 2013 → 2023: 18 → 17. 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 Pleasant Ridge Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Pleasant Ridge Township
of Pleasant Ridge Township workers work from home, vs 10% across South Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2 commuters (the 33% 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 it is to work from Pleasant Ridge Township
About 63% 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.
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 Pleasant Ridge Township: questions
What is the poverty rate in Pleasant Ridge Township?
0.0%, against 11.9% across South Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Pleasant Ridge Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Timber Lake (13%, 18 mi), McIntosh (13%, 28 mi), Lemmon (13%, 46 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Pleasant Ridge 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 Ridge Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pleasant Ridge 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.