Work & commute · East Oakdale

Work & commute in East Oakdale, CA

Most working residents leave East Oakdale for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Modesto (15%), Oakdale (14%) and Stockton (4%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14 of 1,282 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,268 East Oakdale residents head out of town to work, 14 work right here, and 362 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in East Oakdale.

1,268live here, work elsewhere

14live and work here

362work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where East Oakdale goes to work

Modesto16.8 mi away

15%186

Oakdale4.8 mi away

14%178

Stockton32.1 mi away

4%54

Turlock20.5 mi away

4%48

San Jose66.9 mi away

3%36

Ceres17.4 mi away

2%29

Manteca25 mi away

2%22

Fresno87.9 mi away

1%19

San Francisco123.8 mi away

1%18

Sacramento65.6 mi away

1%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%674

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

How far

How far East Oakdale commutes

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

22%

34%

14%

31%

22%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

East Oakdale is a commuter town

0.29jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.29 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in East Oakdale are

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

Jobs based in East Oakdale

376 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month70%

Jobs East Oakdale residents hold

1,282 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+242%

Jobs based in East Oakdale, 2013 → 2023: 110 → 376. 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.