Work & commute · Pleasant

Work & commute in Pleasant, SD

Most working residents leave Pleasant for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Clark (26%), Watertown (14%) and Willow Lake (12%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 69 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

70%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 67 Pleasant residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 72 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pleasant.

67live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

72work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pleasant goes to work

Clark16.8 mi away

26%18

Watertown25.4 mi away

14%10

Willow Lake5.2 mi away

12%8

Brookings45.6 mi away

4%3

Sioux Falls88.3 mi away

4%3

Day12.6 mi away

4%3

Huron38.8 mi away

3%2

Pleasant (in town)right here

3%2

Lincoln16.9 mi away

3%2

Garfield9.2 mi away

3%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

23%16

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

How far

How far Pleasant commutes

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

16%

42%

29%

13%

16%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

29%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pleasant is balanced between jobs and homes

1.07jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.07 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Pleasant are

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

Jobs based in Pleasant

74 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)100%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Pleasant residents hold

69 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+90%

Jobs based in Pleasant, 2013 → 2023: 39 → 74. 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.