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Work & commute · Onaka

Work & commute in Onaka, SD

Most working residents leave Onaka for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Yale (17%), Faulkton (17%) and Pierre (17%). Half commute less than 89 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
0%
0 of 6 working residents
Typical commute
89 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
— min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
63%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6 Onaka residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 7 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Onaka.

6live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
7work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Onaka goes to work

YaleOnakaFaulktonPierreBox ElderSurreyUticaShermanHuntleyMillerdale ColonyYaleFaulktonPierreBox ElderSurreyUticaOnaka
1
Yale89.3 mi away
17%1
2
Faulkton19.7 mi away
17%1
3
Pierre70.3 mi away
17%1
4
Box Elder192.8 mi away
17%1
5
Surrey, ND224 mi away
17%1
6
Utica184 mi away
17%1

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

How far

How far Onaka commutes

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

0%Under 10 mi
17%10–24 mi
0%25–50 mi
83%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Onaka is balanced between jobs and homes

1.17jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.17 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Onaka are

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

Jobs based in Onaka

7 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)86%
Trade, transport & utilities0%
Services (health, schools, offices…)14%
$1,250 a month or less14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month29%
Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Onaka residents hold

6 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)0%
Trade, transport & utilities17%
Services (health, schools, offices…)83%
$1,250 a month or less17%
$1,251–$3,333 a month17%
Over $3,333 a month67%
+600%

Jobs based in Onaka, 2013 → 2023: 1 → 7. 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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