Work & commute · Oakdale

Work & commute in Oakdale, CA

Most working residents leave Oakdale for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Modesto (15%), Stockton (5%) and San Jose (2%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

1,586 of 9,728 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 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 8,142 Oakdale residents head out of town to work, 1,586 work right here, and 4,919 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Oakdale.

8,142live here, work elsewhere

1,586live and work here

4,919work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Oakdale goes to work

Oakdale (in town)right here

16%1,586

Modesto12.1 mi away

15%1,453

Stockton29.3 mi away

5%483

San Jose62 mi away

2%237

Ceres13.1 mi away

2%235

Turlock17.7 mi away

2%232

Riverbank5.9 mi away

2%189

Manteca20.8 mi away

2%165

Tracy33.2 mi away

1%139

Fremont62.7 mi away

1%135

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%4,874

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

How far

How far Oakdale commutes

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

30%

28%

13%

30%

30%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Oakdale is a commuter town

0.67jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Oakdale are

6,505 jobs are based in Oakdale. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Oakdale’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Oakdale

6,505 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Oakdale residents hold

9,728 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+22%

Jobs based in Oakdale, 2013 → 2023: 5,327 → 6,505. 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.