Gann Valley draws 103 commuters a day, with 20.6 jobs for every working resident
For 0% of workers, the job is at home, against 10% across South Dakota. Gann Valley has 103 jobs; 5 of its residents have a job. Hardly any stay in Gann Valley for work; outside it, Highmore is the main destination (20%, 40 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Gann Valley on a workday
On a workday 5 residents head out to work and none work right here.
About 100 people are in Gann Valley on a workday afternoon, 1633% more than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting in to Gann Valley: where workers come from
Where Gann Valley clocks in
20% of workers
20% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
In Gann Valley, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Gann Valley, 2013 → 2023: 6 → 103. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Gann Valley’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Gann Valley
of Gann Valley workers work from home, vs 10% across South Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 6 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across South Dakota: 85% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How many miles Gann Valley commutes
About 80% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Two counts of out-of-state work. The Census survey asks workers where they work: 0% of Gann Valley workers work outside South Dakota. The job records count 20% at employers in other states. The records use the address the employer reports and skip the self-employed, so the two can differ.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Gann Valley: questions
What is the poverty rate in Gann Valley?
0.0%, against 11.9% across South Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Gann Valley work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Highmore (20%, 40 mi), Yankton (20%, 112 mi), Rose Dell Township (20%, 131 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Gann Valley without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Gann Valley, from the people who make the trip.
More of Gann Valley
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.