Work & commute · Oglala

Work & commute in Oglala, SD

Most working residents leave Oglala for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Batesland (4%), Wounded Knee (3%) and Rapid City (2%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 161 working residents

Typical commute

21 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 161 Oglala residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 74 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Oglala.

161live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

74work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Oglala goes to work

Batesland31 mi away

4%7

Wounded Knee17.5 mi away

3%5

Rapid City65.9 mi away

2%4

Sioux Falls301.2 mi away

2%3

Wanblee58.9 mi away

2%3

Pine Ridge13.9 mi away

2%3

Porcupine19.6 mi away

2%3

Two Strike90.8 mi away

2%3

Chadron, NE29.3 mi away

1%2

St. Francis91.1 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

78%126

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

How far

How far Oglala commutes

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

39%

15%

25%

21%

39%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Oglala is a commuter town

0.46jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Oglala are

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

Jobs based in Oglala

74 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month47%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Oglala residents hold

161 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)91%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+1380%

Jobs based in Oglala, 2013 → 2023: 5 → 74. 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.