Work & commute · Oahe Acres

Work & commute in Oahe Acres, SD

Most working residents leave Oahe Acres for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Pierre (51%), Sioux Falls (7%) and Fort Pierre (5%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 235 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 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 234 Oahe Acres residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 27 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Oahe Acres.

234live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

27work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Oahe Acres goes to work

Pierre6.3 mi away

51%121

Sioux Falls190.6 mi away

7%17

Fort Pierre7 mi away

5%11

Onida21.5 mi away

2%4

Mitchell125.1 mi away

2%4

Highmore44.8 mi away

1%3

Yankton183.3 mi away

1%3

Brookings176 mi away

1%3

Redfield94 mi away

1%2

Vermillion206.8 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%65

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

How far

How far Oahe Acres commutes

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

65%

26%

65%Under 10 mi

3%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Oahe Acres is a commuter town

0.12jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Oahe Acres are

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

Jobs based in Oahe Acres

28 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities75%

Services (health, schools, offices…)14%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Oahe Acres residents hold

235 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+155%

Jobs based in Oahe Acres, 2013 → 2023: 11 → 28. 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.