Work & commute · Oaktown

Work & commute in Oaktown, IN

Most working residents leave Oaktown for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Vincennes (21%), Vincennes (9%) and Busseron (9%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 258 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 258 Oaktown residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 48 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Oaktown.

258live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

48work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Oaktown goes to work

Vincennes14 mi away

21%53

Vincennes17.9 mi away

9%22

Busseron2.5 mi away

9%22

Terre Haute41.1 mi away

4%11

Patoka36.9 mi away

3%9

Bicknell9.8 mi away

3%8

Washington21.1 mi away

3%8

Evansville61.3 mi away

3%8

Palmyra13.1 mi away

2%6

Haddon6.6 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%105

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

How far

How far Oaktown commutes

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

17%

44%

17%

22%

17%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Oaktown is a commuter town

0.19jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Oaktown are

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

Jobs based in Oaktown

48 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month56%

Over $3,333 a month29%

Jobs Oaktown residents hold

258 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−25%

Jobs based in Oaktown, 2013 → 2023: 64 → 48. 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.