Work & commute · Ola

Work & commute in Ola, SD

Most working residents leave Ola for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Chamberlain (20%), Sioux Falls (15%) and Kimball (12%). Half commute less than 37 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 41 working residents

Typical commute

37 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 41 Ola residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ola.

41live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

2work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ola goes to work

Chamberlain12.2 mi away

20%8

Sioux Falls125.3 mi away

15%6

Kimball15.7 mi away

12%5

Brule7.5 mi away

7%3

Mitchell59.8 mi away

5%2

Pierre74.3 mi away

5%2

Aberdeen131.8 mi away

5%2

Presho45.3 mi away

2%1

Lake Andes48.2 mi away

2%1

Platte26 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 Ola commutes

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

46%

10%

44%

0%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

44%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ola is a commuter town

0.05jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ola are

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

Jobs based in Ola

2 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)50%

Trade, transport & utilities50%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month0%

Over $3,333 a month100%

Jobs Ola residents hold

41 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−60%

Jobs based in Ola, 2013 → 2023: 5 → 2. 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.