Work & commute · Oakley

Work & commute in Oakley, ID

Most working residents leave Oakley for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Burley (24%), Twin Falls (6%) and Boise City (4%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

30 of 363 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 333 Oakley residents head out of town to work, 30 work right here, and 158 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Oakley.

333live here, work elsewhere

30live and work here

158work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Oakley goes to work

Burley20.9 mi away

24%87

Oakley (in town)right here

8%30

Twin Falls36.9 mi away

6%21

Boise City151.3 mi away

4%15

Rupert28.1 mi away

2%8

Heyburn22.8 mi away

2%6

Pocatello84.4 mi away

1%5

Meridian158.7 mi away

1%5

Jerome46 mi away

1%4

Nampa164.4 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%179

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

How far

How far Oakley commutes

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

14%

51%

15%

20%

14%Under 10 mi

51%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Oakley is a commuter town

0.52jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Oakley are

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

Jobs based in Oakley

188 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)70%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)24%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Oakley residents hold

363 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)42%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)38%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−3%

Jobs based in Oakley, 2013 → 2023: 194 → 188. 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.