Work & commute · Onida

Work & commute in Onida, SD

About one in 3 of Onida’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Pierre (15%), Sioux Falls (4%) and Fort Pierre (3%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

34%

88 of 259 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 171 Onida residents head out of town to work, 88 work right here, and 232 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Onida.

171live here, work elsewhere

88live and work here

232work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Onida goes to work

Onida (in town)right here

34%88

Pierre26 mi away

15%39

Sioux Falls183.9 mi away

4%11

Fort Pierre28 mi away

3%7

Cow Creek22.4 mi away

2%5

Brookings164 mi away

2%4

Miller54.7 mi away

1%3

Faulkton51.4 mi away

1%3

Gettysburg21.5 mi away

1%3

Mitchell120.9 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%93

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

How far

How far Onida commutes

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

46%

12%

19%

24%

46%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Onida is balanced between jobs and homes

1.24jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.24 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Onida are

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

Jobs based in Onida

320 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Onida residents hold

259 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+16%

Jobs based in Onida, 2013 → 2023: 277 → 320. 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.