Work & commute · Vale

Work & commute in Vale, SD

Most working residents leave Vale for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Spearfish (17%), Newell (13%) and Rapid City (13%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 47 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

10 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 47 Vale residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 7 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Vale.

47live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

7work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Vale goes to work

Spearfish22.3 mi away

17%8

Newell6.9 mi away

13%6

Rapid City38.9 mi away

13%6

Belle Fourche22.9 mi away

9%4

Sturgis15.2 mi away

4%2

Mitchell272.5 mi away

4%2

Martin129.7 mi away

2%1

Piedmont27.5 mi away

2%1

Custer59.7 mi away

2%1

Sioux Falls339.1 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%15

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

How far

How far Vale commutes

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

15%

46%

22%

17%

15%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Vale is a commuter town

0.15jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Vale are

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

Jobs based in Vale

7 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities100%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month71%

Jobs Vale residents hold

47 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less30%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month38%

+600%

Jobs based in Vale, 2013 → 2023: 1 → 7. 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.