Work & commute · Spring Valley

Work & commute in Spring Valley, SD

Most working residents leave Spring Valley for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Sioux Falls (40%), Canistota (10%) and Bridgewater (4%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 166 working residents

Typical commute

21 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 164 Spring Valley residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 31 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Spring Valley.

164live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

31work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Spring Valley goes to work

Sioux Falls22.9 mi away

40%66

Canistota6.4 mi away

10%17

Bridgewater15.5 mi away

4%7

Brookings56.2 mi away

3%5

Salem16 mi away

2%4

Mitchell44.5 mi away

2%4

Alexandria30.6 mi away

2%3

Lennox19.9 mi away

2%3

Grant6 mi away

2%3

Fargo, ND230.2 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%52

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

How far

How far Spring Valley commutes

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

14%

52%

15%

19%

14%Under 10 mi

52%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Spring Valley is a commuter town

0.20jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Spring Valley are

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

Jobs based in Spring Valley

33 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)76%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)18%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Spring Valley residents hold

166 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+38%

Jobs based in Spring Valley, 2013 → 2023: 24 → 33. 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.