Work & commute · Hurley

Work & commute in Hurley, SD

Most working residents leave Hurley for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Sioux Falls (28%), Viborg (9%) and Centerville (8%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 187 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 184 Hurley residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 49 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hurley.

184live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

49work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hurley goes to work

Sioux Falls25.5 mi away

28%53

Viborg7.4 mi away

9%17

Centerville13 mi away

8%15

Yankton31 mi away

4%8

Irene13.9 mi away

4%7

Freeman17.8 mi away

3%6

Swan Lake4.2 mi away

3%6

Rapid City311 mi away

3%5

Sioux City, IA64.7 mi away

2%4

Menno24.7 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%62

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

How far

How far Hurley commutes

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

16%

48%

23%

13%

16%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hurley is a commuter town

0.28jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.28 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Hurley are

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

Jobs based in Hurley

52 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities46%

Services (health, schools, offices…)38%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Hurley residents hold

187 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+30%

Jobs based in Hurley, 2013 → 2023: 40 → 52. 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.