Work & commute · Plankinton

Work & commute in Plankinton, SD

Most working residents leave Plankinton for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Mitchell (14%), Sioux Falls (10%) and Plankinton (9%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 90 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 85 Plankinton residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 101 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Plankinton.

85live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

101work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Plankinton goes to work

Mitchell22.7 mi away

14%13

Sioux Falls89.1 mi away

10%9

Plankinton0.9 mi away

9%8

Kimball23 mi away

7%6

Plankinton (in town)right here

6%5

Stickney9.8 mi away

3%3

White Lake10.8 mi away

3%3

Corsica21.3 mi away

3%3

Watertown105.3 mi away

3%3

Aberdeen120.3 mi away

3%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%34

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

How far

How far Plankinton commutes

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

22%

33%

12%

32%

22%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Plankinton is balanced between jobs and homes

1.18jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.18 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Plankinton are

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

Jobs based in Plankinton

106 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities38%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Plankinton residents hold

90 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month46%

−30%

Jobs based in Plankinton, 2013 → 2023: 152 → 106. 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.