St. Onge has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Employers in St. Onge report 4 jobs for 79 working residents. Only 1% stay in St. Onge for work; outside it, Spearfish is the main destination (25%, 6 miles). 0% of workers work from home; South Dakota has 10%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves St. Onge for work, and who comes in
On a workday 78 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere.
About 0 people are in St. Onge on a workday afternoon, 100% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where the trip to work from St. Onge ends
Where St. Onge clocks in
25% of workers
23% of workers
9% 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.
The kinds of work in St. Onge
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in St. Onge, 2013 → 2023: 5 → 4. 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 St. Onge’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in St. Onge
of St. Onge workers work from home, vs 10% across South Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 40 commuters (the 0% 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.
How many miles St. Onge commutes
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 St. Onge: questions
What is the poverty rate in St. Onge?
0.0%, against 11.9% across South Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in St. Onge work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Spearfish (25%, 6 mi), Rapid City (23%, 41 mi), Sturgis (9%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around St. Onge 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 St. Onge, from the people who make the trip.
More of St. Onge
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.