Oahe Chapel · Photo: John A. Bryan · Public domainMore than half of Oahe Acres’ working residents commute to Pierre
Employers in Oahe Acres report 28 jobs for 235 working residents. Hardly any work in Oahe Acres itself; outside it, Pierre draws the most (51%, 6 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 14 minutes, where South Dakota has 18 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Oahe Acres
More than half of Oahe Acres works in Pierre
121 working residents, 51%, have their main job in Pierre, 6.3 miles away. That’s far more as work in Oahe Acres itself. The commute map ↓
Oahe Acres is a place people come home to
There are 28 jobs based in Oahe Acres, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Oahe Acres has about 190 people in it, 52% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Most Oahe Acres residents work close to home
65% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 235 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Oahe Acres’ working residents head each day
Where Oahe Acres clocks in
51% of workers
5% 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.
In and out of Oahe Acres on a workday
On a workday 234 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 27 people come in from elsewhere.
About 190 people are in Oahe Acres on a workday afternoon, 52% fewer than live here.
0.12 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 commute from Oahe Acres, by distance
About 26% 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 Oahe Acres’ employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Oahe Acres, 2013 → 2023: 11 → 28. 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 Oahe Acres’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 14 minutes each way for Oahe Acres’ commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Oahe Acres workers work from home, vs 10% across South Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 134 commuters (the 7% who work from home are left out). Across South Dakota: 85% 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.
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 Oahe Acres: questions
What is the median household income in Oahe Acres?
$78,750 (±$56,670) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,081 across South Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Oahe Acres?
6.3%, against 11.9% across South Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Oahe Acres?
14 minutes each way on average, against 18 across South Dakota and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Oahe Acres work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pierre (51%, 6 mi), Sioux Falls (7%, 191 mi), Fort Pierre (5%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Oahe Acres 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 Oahe Acres, from the people who make the trip.
More of Oahe Acres
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.