Work & commute · Oakland Acres

Work & commute in Oakland Acres, IA

Most working residents leave Oakland Acres for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Newton (22%), Des Moines (11%) and Grinnell (10%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 82 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 82 Oakland Acres residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 11 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Oakland Acres.

82live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

11work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Oakland Acres goes to work

Newton11.5 mi away

22%18

Des Moines42.1 mi away

11%9

Grinnell5 mi away

10%8

Ankeny40.3 mi away

5%4

West Des Moines51 mi away

5%4

Urbandale49.9 mi away

4%3

Carroll107.9 mi away

2%2

Altoona34.4 mi away

2%2

Fort Dodge88.3 mi away

2%2

Iowa City66.7 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%28

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

How far

How far Oakland Acres commutes

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

13%

37%

32%

18%

13%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

32%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Oakland Acres is a commuter town

0.13jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Oakland Acres are

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

Jobs based in Oakland Acres

11 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Oakland Acres residents hold

82 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+22%

Jobs based in Oakland Acres, 2013 → 2023: 9 → 11. 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.