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Jobs & commute in Pleasant View Township

Pleasant View Township has 0.0 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out

Hardly any stay in Pleasant View Township for work; outside it, Huron is the main destination (27%, 16 miles). 1 jobs are based in Pleasant View Township, and 37 of its residents work somewhere. Home is the office for 0% of workers, next to 10% for South Dakota as a whole.

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

1 jobs based here
Poverty
18.3%
South Dakota 11.9%
Unemployment
0.0%
South Dakota 2.9% · U.S. 5.2%
Work in town
0%
0 of 37 working residents
Work from home
0%
South Dakota 10% · U.S. 15%
Day and night

Pleasant View Township by day and by night

On a workday 37 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere.

37live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
1work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night62
Workday26
62live here− 37head out to work+ 1come in to work= 26on a workday

About 26 people are in Pleasant View Township on a workday afternoon, 58% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.03jobs 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

Out of Pleasant View Township to work: where people go

Gwinner: 1 residents work here (3%)Hitchcock: 2 residents work here (5%)Blunt: 1 residents work here (3%)Platte: 1 residents work here (3%)Wessington Springs: 2 residents work here (5%)Redfield: 1 residents work here (3%)Wolsey: 6 residents work here (16%)Huron: 10 residents work here (27%)Mitchell: 3 residents work here (8%)Aberdeen: 2 residents work here (5%)Cornwall TownshipAltoona TownshipLake Byron TownshipRose Hill TownshipPleasant View TownshipHuronWolseyMitchellHitchcockWessington SpringsAberdeenPleasant View Township
1
Huron15.5 mi away
27%10
2
Wolsey15.5 mi away
16%6
3
Mitchell60.1 mi away
8%3
4
Hitchcock7.4 mi away
5%2
5
Wessington Springs37.7 mi away
5%2
6
Aberdeen61.7 mi away
5%2
7
Gwinner, ND117.8 mi away
3%1
8
Blunt84.6 mi away
3%1
9
Platte87.3 mi away
3%1
10
Redfield23.5 mi away
3%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
22%8
The top trips

Where Pleasant View Township clocks in

27%Huron
27% of workers
15.5 mi awayHuron10 Pleasant View Township residents work here · Jobs & commute →
16%Wolsey
16% of workers
15.5 mi awayWolsey6 Pleasant View Township residents work here · Jobs & commute →
8%Mitchell
8% of workers
60.1 mi awayMitchell3 Pleasant View 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

A place that makes things: 100% of Pleasant View Township’s jobs are in goods

Jobs based in Pleasant View TownshipJobs Pleasant View Township residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms100%11%
Trade, transport & utilities0%27%
Services: health, schools, offices0%62%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less0%27%
$1,251–$3,333 a month0%22%
Over $3,333 a month100%51%

Who does it

29 or younger0%30%
30 to 54100%43%
55 and older0%27%

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 View Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Working from home in Pleasant View Township

Working from home
0%

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

About 0 in 10
How Pleasant View Township gets to work
70%Drive alone
30%Carpool

Share of the 20 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.

How far

How many miles Pleasant View Township commutes

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miHuron: 27% · 15.5 miWolsey: 16% · 15.5 miMitchell: 8% · 60.1 miHitchcock: 5% · 7.4 miWessington Springs: 5% · 37.7 miAberdeen: 5% · 61.7 miGwinner: 3% · 117.8 miBlunt: 3% · 84.6 miPlatte: 3% · 87.3 miRedfield: 3% · 23.5 miHuron 27%Wolsey 16%Mitchell 8%Hitchcock 5%Wessington Springs 5%Pleasant View Township
Pleasant View TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
5%Under 10 mi2 residents
49%10–24 mi18 residents
14%25–50 mi5 residents
32%Over 50 mi12 residents

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

Around Pleasant View Township: the bordering towns

Cornwall Township: few work hereLake Byron Township: few work hereAltoona Township: few work hereCornwall TownshipLake Byron TownshipAltoona TownshipPleasant View Township
10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Cornwall Township11 min
Altoona Township20 min
Lake Byron Township21 min
Cornwall Townshipunder 3% of Pleasant View TownshipLake Byron Townshipunder 3% of Pleasant View TownshipAltoona Townshipunder 3% of Pleasant View Township

Jobs & commute next door

TownPleasant View Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Pleasant View Township–————
Cornwall Townshipunder 3%——11 min—
Lake Byron Townshipunder 3%——21 min—
Altoona Townshipunder 3%——20 min—

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

Darker towns draw more of Pleasant View 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 View Township: questions

What is the poverty rate in Pleasant View Township?

18.3%, against 11.9% across South Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Pleasant View Township work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Huron (27%, 16 mi), Wolsey (16%, 16 mi), Mitchell (8%, 60 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

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

Town Square →
Ask neighbors
Beyond the commute

More of Pleasant View Township

Pleasant View Township home →
HandbookGetting around Pleasant View 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.