Work & commute · Oakland
Work & commute in Oakland, KY
Most working residents leave Oakland for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Bowling Green (49%), Smiths Grove (4%) and Russellville (3%). Half commute less than 12 miles.
Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute timesWork in town
0%0 of 72 working residents
Typical commute
12 miHalf commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
26 minOne way, from the Census survey
Work from home
8%of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going
Who leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 72 Oakland residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Oakland.
72live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
0work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map
Where Oakland goes to work
Everywhere elseother towns and states
32%23Lines 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.
19%
51%
26%
19%Under 10 mi
51%10–24 mi
3%25–50 mi
26%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?
Oakland is a commuter town
0.00jobs per working resident
A commuter town0.00 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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.