Work & commute · Plain Center

Work & commute in Plain Center, SD

Most working residents leave Plain Center for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Wagner (31%), Dante (13%) and Sioux Falls (9%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 32 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 32 Plain Center residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 19 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Plain Center.

32live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

19work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Plain Center goes to work

Wagner7.4 mi away

31%10

Dante13.3 mi away

13%4

Sioux Falls89.2 mi away

9%3

Lake Andes6.3 mi away

6%2

Bryan6.9 mi away

6%2

Ainsworth, NE83.4 mi away

3%1

Ravinia0.6 mi away

3%1

Pickstown7.3 mi away

3%1

Platte27.8 mi away

3%1

Winner74.4 mi away

3%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

19%6

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Plain Center commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

50%

13%

28%

50%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Plain Center is a commuter town

0.59jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.59 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Plain Center are

19 jobs are based in Plain Center. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Plain Center’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Plain Center

19 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)89%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month74%

Jobs Plain Center residents hold

32 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−27%

Jobs based in Plain Center, 2013 → 2023: 26 → 19. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.