Work & commute · Virginia

Work & commute in Virginia, SD

Most working residents leave Virginia for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Sioux Falls (25%), Beresford (14%) and Alcester (11%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 93 working residents

Typical commute

30 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 93 Virginia residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 4 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Virginia.

93live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

4work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Virginia goes to work

Sioux Falls38 mi away

25%23

Beresford13.4 mi away

14%13

Alcester4.9 mi away

11%10

Hawarden, IA2.6 mi away

3%3

Vermillion25.4 mi away

3%3

Brookings90.2 mi away

3%3

Canton19.4 mi away

3%3

Sioux City, IA36.3 mi away

2%2

Elk Point24 mi away

2%2

Harrisburg30.6 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%29

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

How far

How far Virginia commutes

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

18%

26%

43%

13%

18%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

43%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Virginia is a commuter town

0.04jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Virginia are

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

Jobs based in Virginia

4 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities75%

Services (health, schools, offices…)25%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month75%

Jobs Virginia residents hold

93 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+33%

Jobs based in Virginia, 2013 → 2023: 3 → 4. 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.