100% of Surprise Valley’s working residents leave town for work
Most working residents leave Surprise Valley for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Murdo (25%), Curlew (25%) and Blackpipe (25%). Half commute less than 18 miles.
What kind of work town is Surprise Valley?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
Working from home in Surprise Valley
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
of Surprise Valley workers work from home, vs 10% across South Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
25% of working residents work in Murdo
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Surprise Valley clocks in
25% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
25% of Surprise Valley works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Blackpipe (25%). Darker towns draw more of Surprise Valley’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Who leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 4 residents head out to work, 0 work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
0.00 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Half of Surprise Valley commutes less than 18 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
- Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
More of Surprise Valley
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Surprise Valley, from the people who make the trip.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.