Work & commute · Oakbrook

Work & commute in Oakbrook, KY

Most working residents leave Oakbrook for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Florence (16%), Cincinnati (9%) and Covington (4%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

35 of 4,785 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,750 Oakbrook residents head out of town to work, 35 work right here, and 679 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Oakbrook.

4,750live here, work elsewhere

35live and work here

679work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Oakbrook goes to work

Florence1.7 mi away

16%751

Cincinnati, OH13.6 mi away

9%434

Covington9 mi away

4%205

Hebron4.9 mi away

4%199

Erlanger5.2 mi away

3%148

Lexington-Fayette urban county67.1 mi away

3%126

Burlington2.8 mi away

2%101

Edgewood6.5 mi away

2%96

Crestview Hills6.2 mi away

2%84

Independence7.6 mi away

2%76

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%2,565

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

How far

How far Oakbrook commutes

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

56%

24%

16%

56%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Oakbrook is a commuter town

0.15jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Oakbrook are

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

Jobs based in Oakbrook

714 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Oakbrook residents hold

4,785 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+90%

Jobs based in Oakbrook, 2013 → 2023: 376 → 714. 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.