Work & commute · Dakota

Work & commute in Dakota, NE

Most working residents leave Dakota for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Sioux City (27%), South Sioux City (18%) and Omaha (5%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

44 of 1,012 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 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 968 Dakota residents head out of town to work, 44 work right here, and 1,085 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dakota.

968live here, work elsewhere

44live and work here

1,085work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dakota goes to work

Sioux City, IA5.6 mi away

27%277

South Sioux City3.1 mi away

18%178

Omaha82 mi away

5%47

Dakota City (in town)right here

4%44

Lincoln111.9 mi away

3%28

North Sioux City, SD9 mi away

2%23

Le Mars, IA28.1 mi away

1%15

Dakota Dunes, SD5.9 mi away

1%15

Norfolk58.1 mi away

1%12

Sergeant Bluff, IA3.8 mi away

1%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%362

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

How far

How far Dakota commutes

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

76%

19%

76%Under 10 mi

3%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dakota is balanced between jobs and homes

1.12jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.12 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Dakota are

1,129 jobs are based in Dakota. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Dakota’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Dakota

1,129 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)80%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)17%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month83%

Jobs Dakota residents hold

1,012 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)39%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+145%

Jobs based in Dakota, 2013 → 2023: 461 → 1,129. 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.