Work & commute · Oakwood

Work & commute in Oakwood, SD

Most working residents leave Oakwood for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Brookings (48%), Sioux Falls (12%) and Madison (5%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 107 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 106 Oakwood residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 35 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Oakwood.

106live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

35work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Oakwood goes to work

Brookings11.1 mi away

48%51

Sioux Falls60.9 mi away

12%13

Madison28.6 mi away

5%5

Volga6.1 mi away

4%4

Volga5.9 mi away

3%3

Bushnell16.6 mi away

2%2

Arlington9.1 mi away

2%2

Aberdeen103.9 mi away

2%2

Norden16.3 mi away

2%2

Hendricks, MN27.2 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

21%22

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

How far

How far Oakwood commutes

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

25%

43%

22%

25%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Oakwood is a commuter town

0.34jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Oakwood are

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

Jobs based in Oakwood

36 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)67%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)25%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month50%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Oakwood residents hold

107 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+33%

Jobs based in Oakwood, 2013 → 2023: 27 → 36. 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.