Work & commute · Oakland Park

Work & commute in Oakland Park, FL

Most working residents leave Oakland Park for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Lauderdale (22%), Pompano Beach (7%) and Sunrise (6%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,331 of 20,243 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 18,912 Oakland Park residents head out of town to work, 1,331 work right here, and 20,490 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Oakland Park.

18,912live here, work elsewhere

1,331live and work here

20,490work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Oakland Park goes to work

Fort Lauderdale2.6 mi away

22%4,456

Oakland Park (in town)right here

7%1,331

Pompano Beach4.5 mi away

7%1,323

Sunrise6.8 mi away

6%1,115

Boca Raton13.6 mi away

4%761

Hollywood10.2 mi away

3%605

Miami28.1 mi away

3%603

Deerfield Beach9.3 mi away

3%600

Plantation7.7 mi away

3%590

Davie10.6 mi away

3%531

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%8,328

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

How far

How far Oakland Park commutes

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

58%

21%

11%

10%

58%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Oakland Park is balanced between jobs and homes

1.08jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.08 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Oakland Park are

21,821 jobs are based in Oakland Park. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Oakland Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Oakland Park

21,821 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Oakland Park residents hold

20,243 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+33%

Jobs based in Oakland Park, 2013 → 2023: 16,370 → 21,821. 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.