Work & commute · Oakland

Work & commute in Oakland, IL

Most working residents leave Oakland for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Charleston (14%), Mattoon (11%) and Arcola (5%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 285 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 278 Oakland residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 139 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Oakland.

278live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

139work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Oakland goes to work

Charleston14.4 mi away

14%40

Mattoon21.7 mi away

11%32

Arcola14.6 mi away

5%13

Arthur23.8 mi away

4%12

Paris18.3 mi away

4%11

Chicago151.6 mi away

4%11

Urbana32.5 mi away

4%10

Champaign34.1 mi away

3%9

Oakland (in town)right here

2%7

Effingham46.4 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%133

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.

55%

19%

21%

5%Under 10 mi

55%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Oakland is a commuter town

0.51jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Oakland are

146 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

146 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities48%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Oakland residents hold

285 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−13%

Jobs based in Oakland, 2013 → 2023: 168 → 146. 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.