Work & commute · Oakwood

Work & commute in Oakwood, GA

Most working residents leave Oakwood for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Gainesville (20%), Buford (4%) and Atlanta (3%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

182 of 2,439 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 2,257 Oakwood residents head out of town to work, 182 work right here, and 7,731 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Oakwood.

2,257live here, work elsewhere

182live and work here

7,731work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Oakwood goes to work

Gainesville5.7 mi away

20%476

Oakwood (in town)right here

7%182

Buford9.3 mi away

4%99

Atlanta44.2 mi away

3%71

Flowery Branch4 mi away

3%67

Braselton9 mi away

2%49

Alpharetta24.5 mi away

2%48

Jefferson17.2 mi away

2%39

Lawrenceville19.6 mi away

2%38

Suwanee15.7 mi away

2%37

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%1,333

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

How far

How far Oakwood commutes

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

44%

30%

19%

44%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Oakwood is a job hub

3.24jobs per working resident

A job hub

3.2 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Oakwood are

7,913 jobs are based in Oakwood. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Oakwood’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Oakwood

7,913 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities40%

Services (health, schools, offices…)33%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Oakwood residents hold

2,439 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+91%

Jobs based in Oakwood, 2013 → 2023: 4,140 → 7,913. 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.