Work & commute · Blooming Valley

Work & commute in Blooming Valley, SD

Most working residents leave Blooming Valley for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Milbank (18%), Watertown (14%) and Alban (13%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 85 working residents

Typical commute

30 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 84 Blooming Valley residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 86 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Blooming Valley.

84live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

86work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Blooming Valley goes to work

Milbank25.8 mi away

18%15

Watertown23.8 mi away

14%12

Alban30.1 mi away

13%11

Sioux Falls120.2 mi away

7%6

Grant Center22.4 mi away

5%4

Brookings68.2 mi away

4%3

Big Stone31.4 mi away

4%3

Vernon31.7 mi away

4%3

Summit7 mi away

2%2

Clear Lake41.4 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%24

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

How far

How far Blooming Valley commutes

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

21%

49%

25%

5%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

49%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Blooming Valley is balanced between jobs and homes

1.02jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.02 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Blooming Valley are

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

Jobs based in Blooming Valley

87 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)90%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)8%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month78%

Jobs Blooming Valley residents hold

85 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)44%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+358%

Jobs based in Blooming Valley, 2013 → 2023: 19 → 87. 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.