Photo: Peter K. · CC BY-SA 3.0Jobs and earnings in Ocheyedan, and the trip to work
Commuters spend 22 minutes getting to work on average; the Iowa average is 20, the U.S. 26. At home: 3% of workers have no commute at all (Iowa 11%). Only 3% stay in Ocheyedan for work; outside it, Sibley is the main destination (16%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Ocheyedan on a workday
On a workday 228 residents head out to work, 8 work right here, and 142 people come in from elsewhere.
About 330 people are in Ocheyedan on a workday afternoon, 21% fewer than live here.
0.64 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The places Ocheyedan commutes to
Where Ocheyedan clocks in
16% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
75% of the jobs in Ocheyedan pay over $3,333 a month
150 jobs are based in Ocheyedan.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ocheyedan, 2013 → 2023: 164 → 150. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ocheyedan’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 22 minutes in Ocheyedan
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ocheyedan workers work from home, vs 11% across Iowa. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 265 commuters (the 3% who work from home are left out). Across Iowa: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The commute from Ocheyedan, by distance
About 20% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Ocheyedan: questions
What is the median household income in Ocheyedan?
$79,500 (±$18,134) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,059 across Iowa and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ocheyedan?
6.3%, against 11.1% across Iowa and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ocheyedan?
22 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Iowa and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ocheyedan work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sibley (16%, 10 mi), Sheldon (8%, 23 mi), Worthington (7%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Ocheyedan without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ocheyedan, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ocheyedan
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.