Work & commute · Oxford

Work & commute in Oxford, AL

Most working residents leave Oxford for work: only 19% work in town. The top destinations are Anniston (22%), Birmingham (4%) and Talladega (3%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19%

1,645 of 8,461 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 6,816 Oxford residents head out of town to work, 1,645 work right here, and 9,355 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Oxford.

6,816live here, work elsewhere

1,645live and work here

9,355work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Oxford goes to work

Anniston6.3 mi away

22%1,840

Oxford (in town)right here

19%1,645

Birmingham53.7 mi away

4%312

Talladega17.5 mi away

3%266

Lincoln15 mi away

3%235

Pell City22.9 mi away

2%196

Gadsden29.6 mi away

2%188

Hoover56.4 mi away

2%138

Jacksonville16.1 mi away

2%129

Huntsville89 mi away

1%124

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%3,388

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

How far

How far Oxford commutes

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

48%

17%

11%

25%

48%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Oxford is balanced between jobs and homes

1.30jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.30 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Oxford are

11,000 jobs are based in Oxford. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Oxford’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Oxford

11,000 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities34%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Oxford residents hold

8,461 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+4%

Jobs based in Oxford, 2013 → 2023: 10,586 → 11,000. 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.