Work & commute · Oakland

Work & commute in Oakland, FL

Most working residents leave Oakland for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Orlando (24%), Lake Buena Vista (8%) and Winter Garden (7%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

31 of 1,726 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

30%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,695 Oakland residents head out of town to work, 31 work right here, and 1,664 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Oakland.

1,695live here, work elsewhere

31live and work here

1,664work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Oakland goes to work

Orlando19.9 mi away

24%412

Lake Buena Vista14 mi away

8%139

Winter Garden2.5 mi away

7%121

Maitland16.9 mi away

2%40

Clermont5.6 mi away

2%39

Ocoee6.6 mi away

2%33

Oakland (in town)right here

2%31

Tampa65 mi away

2%26

Celebration17.5 mi away

1%25

Altamonte Springs16.5 mi away

1%22

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%838

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

How far

How far Oakland commutes

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

18%

58%

18%

18%Under 10 mi

58%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Oakland is balanced between jobs and homes

0.98jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.98 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Oakland are

1,695 jobs are based in Oakland. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Oakland’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Oakland

1,695 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Oakland residents hold

1,726 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+230%

Jobs based in Oakland, 2013 → 2023: 514 → 1,695. 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.