Work & commute · Spring Valley

Work & commute in Spring Valley, SD

Most working residents leave Spring Valley for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Clark (29%), Watertown (29%) and Bancroft (7%). Half commute less than 36 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 14 working residents

Typical commute

36 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

100%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 14 Spring Valley residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 17 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Spring Valley.

14live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

17work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Spring Valley goes to work

Clark17.3 mi away

29%4

Watertown35.8 mi away

29%4

Bancroft44 mi away

7%1

Elkton90.2 mi away

7%1

Sioux Falls122 mi away

7%1

Rosedale37.3 mi away

7%1

Day21.2 mi away

7%1

Collins Colony40.2 mi away

7%1

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.

36%

50%

14%

0%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

50%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Spring Valley is balanced between jobs and homes

1.21jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.21 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Spring Valley are

17 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

17 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)88%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)12%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month71%

Jobs Spring Valley residents hold

14 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month57%

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.