Brough-Martinson House · Photo: Magicpiano · CC BY-SA 4.0Hurley has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Commuters spend 28 minutes getting to work on average; the South Dakota average is 18, the U.S. 26. Employers in Hurley report 52 jobs, against 187 working residents. Only 2% work in Hurley itself; outside it, Sioux Falls draws the most (28%, 26 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Hurley
On a workday 184 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 49 people come in from elsewhere.
About 260 people are in Hurley on a workday afternoon, 35% fewer 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.
Out of Hurley to work: where people go
Where Hurley clocks in
Lines 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.
The kinds of work in Hurley
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hurley, 2013 → 2023: 40 → 52. 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 Hurley’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 28 minutes from Hurley
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hurley workers work from home, vs 10% across South Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 146 commuters (the 8% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Hurley
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.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Hurley: questions
What is the median household income in Hurley?
$73,750 (±$15,296) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,081 across South Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hurley?
10.7%, against 11.9% across South Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hurley?
28 minutes each way on average, against 18 across South Dakota and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hurley work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sioux Falls (28%, 26 mi), Viborg (9%, 7 mi), Centerville (8%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Hurley without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hurley, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hurley
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.