Work & commute · Oacoma

Work & commute in Oacoma, SD

Most working residents leave Oacoma for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Presho (10%), Sioux Falls (9%) and Chamberlain (6%). Half commute less than 35 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10 of 143 working residents

Typical commute

35 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 133 Oacoma residents head out of town to work, 10 work right here, and 203 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Oacoma.

133live here, work elsewhere

10live and work here

203work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Oacoma goes to work

Presho35.2 mi away

10%14

Sioux Falls132.9 mi away

9%13

Oacoma (in town)right here

7%10

Chamberlain1.9 mi away

6%9

Pierre61.6 mi away

5%7

Vivian47.3 mi away

5%7

Kennebec25.6 mi away

4%6

Rapid City192.5 mi away

3%5

Mitchell66.3 mi away

2%3

Winner38.3 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%67

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

How far

How far Oacoma commutes

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

15%

30%

40%

15%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

30%25–50 mi

40%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Oacoma is balanced between jobs and homes

1.49jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.49 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Oacoma are

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

Jobs based in Oacoma

213 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities48%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less34%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Oacoma residents hold

143 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month44%

−36%

Jobs based in Oacoma, 2013 → 2023: 335 → 213. 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.