Work & commute · Oildale

Work & commute in Oildale, CA

Most working residents leave Oildale for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Bakersfield (37%), Los Angeles (4%) and Shafter (2%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,011 of 11,885 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 10,874 Oildale residents head out of town to work, 1,011 work right here, and 7,174 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Oildale.

10,874live here, work elsewhere

1,011live and work here

7,174work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Oildale goes to work

Bakersfield5.3 mi away

37%4,401

Oildale (in town)right here

9%1,011

Los Angeles103.6 mi away

4%431

Shafter10.2 mi away

2%291

Rosedale10.3 mi away

2%193

Fresno102.8 mi away

1%145

Delano26.7 mi away

1%140

East Niles7.4 mi away

1%116

Visalia64.4 mi away

1%84

San Diego210.2 mi away

1%72

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%5,001

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

How far

How far Oildale commutes

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

60%

29%

60%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Oildale is a commuter town

0.69jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Oildale are

8,185 jobs are based in Oildale. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Oildale’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Oildale

8,185 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities38%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Oildale residents hold

11,885 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+4%

Jobs based in Oildale, 2013 → 2023: 7,865 → 8,185. 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.