Work & commute · Valley Springs

Work & commute in Valley Springs, SD

Most working residents leave Valley Springs for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Sioux Falls (53%), Brandon (17%) and Split Rock (4%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 428 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 424 Valley Springs residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 45 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Valley Springs.

424live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

45work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Valley Springs goes to work

Sioux Falls13.6 mi away

53%226

Brandon5.9 mi away

17%71

Split Rock6.2 mi away

4%15

Luverne, MN13.5 mi away

2%7

Brandon7.8 mi away

2%7

Tea20 mi away

1%6

Brookings52.3 mi away

1%5

Sioux City, IA75.2 mi away

1%4

Valley Springs (in town)right here

1%4

Garretson9.4 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

18%79

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

How far

How far Valley Springs commutes

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

25%

62%

11%

25%Under 10 mi

62%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Valley Springs is a commuter town

0.11jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Valley Springs are

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

Jobs based in Valley Springs

49 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less39%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Valley Springs residents hold

428 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+69%

Jobs based in Valley Springs, 2013 → 2023: 29 → 49. 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.