Work & commute · Oak Grove

Work & commute in Oak Grove, LA

About one in 3 of Oak Grove’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Monroe (6%), Eudora (3%) and Bastrop (2%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

31%

152 of 496 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 344 Oak Grove residents head out of town to work, 152 work right here, and 1,149 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Oak Grove.

344live here, work elsewhere

152live and work here

1,149work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Oak Grove goes to work

Oak Grove (in town)right here

31%152

Monroe46.4 mi away

6%29

Eudora, AR19.2 mi away

3%13

Bastrop30.6 mi away

2%11

Shreveport142.3 mi away

2%11

Lake Providence13.2 mi away

2%9

Baton Rouge167.9 mi away

2%8

West Monroe50.4 mi away

1%7

Houston, TX317.5 mi away

1%7

Delhi28.9 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%243

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

How far

How far Oak Grove commutes

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

42%

19%

32%

42%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Oak Grove is a job hub

2.62jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Oak Grove are

1,301 jobs are based in Oak Grove. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Oak Grove’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Oak Grove

1,301 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Oak Grove residents hold

496 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month43%

−21%

Jobs based in Oak Grove, 2013 → 2023: 1,638 → 1,301. 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.