Work & commute · Oak View

Work & commute in Oak View, CA

Most working residents leave Oak View for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are San Buenaventura (Ventura) (14%), Los Angeles (11%) and Ojai (10%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

95 of 3,085 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,990 Oak View residents head out of town to work, 95 work right here, and 565 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Oak View.

2,990live here, work elsewhere

95live and work here

565work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Oak View goes to work

San Buenaventura (Ventura)9.7 mi away

14%442

Los Angeles57.3 mi away

11%351

Ojai4.4 mi away

10%321

Oxnard15 mi away

6%172

Santa Barbara23.6 mi away

5%149

Oak View (in town)right here

3%95

Mira Monte2.1 mi away

3%89

Camarillo19.7 mi away

2%73

Carpinteria12 mi away

2%51

Goleta32 mi away

2%49

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%1,293

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

How far

How far Oak View commutes

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

27%

26%

10%

38%

27%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

38%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Oak View is a commuter town

0.21jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Oak View are

660 jobs are based in Oak View. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Oak View’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Oak View

660 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Oak View residents hold

3,085 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+64%

Jobs based in Oak View, 2013 → 2023: 403 → 660. 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.