Work & commute · Platte

Work & commute in Platte, SD

About one in 3 of Platte’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Platte (12%), Sioux Falls (5%) and Forbes (3%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

37%

177 of 475 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

8 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 298 Platte residents head out of town to work, 177 work right here, and 519 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Platte.

298live here, work elsewhere

177live and work here

519work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Platte goes to work

Platte (in town)right here

37%177

Platte2.2 mi away

12%57

Sioux Falls106.4 mi away

5%22

Forbes5.7 mi away

3%12

Mitchell46.6 mi away

2%11

Signal13.2 mi away

2%8

Chamberlain37.4 mi away

1%7

Yankton80.8 mi away

1%7

Aberdeen144.7 mi away

1%7

Lake George9.6 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%160

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

How far

How far Platte commutes

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

56%

27%

56%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Platte is balanced between jobs and homes

1.47jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.47 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Platte are

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

Jobs based in Platte

696 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Platte residents hold

475 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−10%

Jobs based in Platte, 2013 → 2023: 772 → 696. 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.