Work & commute · Oelrichs

Work & commute in Oelrichs, SD

Most working residents leave Oelrichs for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Hot Springs (32%), Rapid City (17%) and Edgemont (7%). Half commute less than 31 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 41 working residents

Typical commute

31 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 41 Oelrichs residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 49 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Oelrichs.

41live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

49work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Oelrichs goes to work

Hot Springs20.2 mi away

32%13

Rapid City61.4 mi away

17%7

Edgemont31.2 mi away

7%3

Sioux Falls327.4 mi away

5%2

Crawford, NE35.6 mi away

2%1

Midland120.7 mi away

2%1

Custer44.4 mi away

2%1

North Sioux City344.1 mi away

2%1

Belle Fourche107 mi away

2%1

Wounded Knee43.7 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%10

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

How far

How far Oelrichs commutes

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

45%

20%

35%

0%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Oelrichs is balanced between jobs and homes

1.20jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.20 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Oelrichs are

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

Jobs based in Oelrichs

49 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)98%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Oelrichs residents hold

41 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less34%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month39%

+0%

Jobs based in Oelrichs, 2013 → 2023: 49 → 49. 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.