Work & commute · Oyens

Work & commute in Oyens, IA

Most working residents leave Oyens for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Le Mars (23%), Orange City (15%) and Remsen (13%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 48 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 48 Oyens residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 12 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Oyens.

48live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

12work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Oyens goes to work

Le Mars6.4 mi away

23%11

Orange City12.6 mi away

15%7

Remsen4.3 mi away

13%6

Sioux Center18.6 mi away

6%3

Cherokee26.1 mi away

4%2

Des Moines152.1 mi away

4%2

Sioux City28 mi away

4%2

Kingsley16.8 mi away

2%1

Story City133.3 mi away

2%1

Rockwell City78.3 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%12

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

How far

How far Oyens commutes

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

40%

29%

19%

13%

40%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Oyens is a commuter town

0.25jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Oyens are

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

Jobs based in Oyens

12 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 month8%

Over $3,333 a month92%

Jobs Oyens residents hold

48 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month71%

+0%

Jobs based in Oyens, 2013 → 2023: 12 → 12. 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.