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Work & commute · Vale

Work & commute in Vale, SD

Most working residents leave Vale for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Rapid City (14%), Newell (11%) and Belle Fourche (11%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
0%
0 of 36 working residents
Typical commute
24 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
10 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
0%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 36 Vale residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 7 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Vale.

36live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
7work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Vale goes to work

Miles CityMartinWhitewoodNewellPiedmontSturgisBelle FourcheMitchellSpearfishSioux FallsRapid CityHulettValeValeRapid CityNewellBelle FourcheSpearfishMitchellMartinPiedmontSturgisSioux FallsHulettVale
1
Rapid City39 mi away
14%5
2
Newell6.8 mi away
11%4
3
Belle Fourche22.7 mi away
11%4
4
Spearfish22.3 mi away
11%4
5
Mitchell272.6 mi away
6%2
6
Martin129.8 mi away
3%1
7
Piedmont27.6 mi away
3%1
8
Sturgis15.2 mi away
3%1
9
Sioux Falls339.2 mi away
3%1
10
Hulett, WY59 mi away
3%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
33%12

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.

11%Under 10 mi
43%10–24 mi
26%25–50 mi
20%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Vale is a commuter town

0.19jobs per working resident
A commuter town

0.19 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

36 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)22%
Trade, transport & utilities19%
Services (health, schools, offices…)58%
$1,250 a month or less31%
$1,251–$3,333 a month36%
Over $3,333 a month33%
+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.

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