Strool-Plateau Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
58% of workers have no commute at all, next to 10% for South Dakota as a whole. Employers in Strool-Plateau Township report 3 jobs for 47 working residents. Hardly any stay in Strool-Plateau Township for work; outside it, Lemmon is the main destination (32%, 44 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Strool-Plateau Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 47 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere.
About 48 people are in Strool-Plateau Township on a workday afternoon, 48% 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 Strool-Plateau Township goes to work
Where Strool-Plateau Township clocks in
32% of workers
26% of workers
4% 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.
What Strool-Plateau Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Strool-Plateau Township, 2013 → 2023: 42 → 3. 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 Strool-Plateau Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Strool-Plateau Township
of Strool-Plateau Township workers work from home, vs 10% across South Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 10 commuters (the 58% 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 commute from Strool-Plateau Township, by distance
About 29% 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.
Strool-Plateau Township and the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Strool-Plateau Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strool-Plateau Township | – | — | — | — | — |
| Maltby Township | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
| Vail Township | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
| Scotch Cap Township | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Maltby Township, Vail Township and Scotch Cap Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Strool-Plateau 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 Strool-Plateau Township: questions
What is the poverty rate in Strool-Plateau Township?
0.0%, against 11.9% across South Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Strool-Plateau Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lemmon (32%, 44 mi), Bison (26%, 19 mi), Faith (4%, 52 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Strool-Plateau 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 Strool-Plateau Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Strool-Plateau 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.