Work & commute · Plainfield

Work & commute in Plainfield, SD

Most working residents leave Plainfield for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Kimball (20%), Chamberlain (13%) and Mitchell (13%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 15 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 15 Plainfield residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 15 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Plainfield.

15live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

15work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Plainfield goes to work

Kimball6.4 mi away

20%3

Chamberlain25.2 mi away

13%2

Mitchell39.8 mi away

13%2

Platte22.6 mi away

7%1

Hot Springs232.7 mi away

7%1

Yankton92.3 mi away

7%1

Sioux Falls106 mi away

7%1

Union18.8 mi away

7%1

Torrey Lake12.9 mi away

7%1

Gann Valley23.3 mi away

7%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

7%1

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

How far

How far Plainfield commutes

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

27%

33%

20%

27%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Plainfield is balanced between jobs and homes

1.00jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.00 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Plainfield are

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

Jobs based in Plainfield

15 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities80%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month80%

Jobs Plainfield residents hold

15 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month7%

Over $3,333 a month93%

−17%

Jobs based in Plainfield, 2013 → 2023: 18 → 15. 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.