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Work & commute · Olean

Work & commute in Olean, SD

Most working residents leave Olean for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Aberdeen (33%), Turton (11%) and Redfield (11%). Half commute less than 34 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
0%
0 of 9 working residents
Typical commute
34 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 9 Olean residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Olean.

9live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
1work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Olean goes to work

TurtonCondeDolandRedfieldVermillionYanktonAberdeenSioux FallsLa PrairieTurtonWarrenOleanSumnerBentonAberdeenTurtonRedfieldVermillionYanktonSioux FallsLa PrairieOlean
1
Aberdeen32 mi away
33%3
2
Turton5 mi away
11%1
3
Redfield28.4 mi away
11%1
4
Vermillion170.2 mi away
11%1
5
Yankton156.8 mi away
11%1
6
Sioux Falls126.3 mi away
11%1
7
La Prairie14.5 mi away
11%1

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

How far

How far Olean commutes

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

11%Under 10 mi
11%10–24 mi
44%25–50 mi
33%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Olean is a commuter town

0.11jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Olean are

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

Jobs based in Olean

1 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)0%
Trade, transport & utilities100%
Services (health, schools, offices…)0%
$1,250 a month or less0%
$1,251–$3,333 a month0%
Over $3,333 a month100%

Jobs Olean residents hold

9 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)11%
Trade, transport & utilities11%
Services (health, schools, offices…)78%
$1,250 a month or less0%
$1,251–$3,333 a month33%
Over $3,333 a month67%
−67%

Jobs based in Olean, 2013 → 2023: 3 → 1. 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.

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