Work & commute · Oak Ridge

Work & commute in Oak Ridge, LA

Most working residents leave Oak Ridge for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Bastrop (14%), Monroe (11%) and Lafayette (9%). Half commute less than 48 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 35 working residents

Typical commute

48 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

51 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 35 Oak Ridge residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 65 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Oak Ridge.

35live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

65work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Oak Ridge goes to work

Bastrop13 mi away

14%5

Monroe19.1 mi away

11%4

Lafayette167.7 mi away

9%3

Homer75.7 mi away

6%2

Hamburg, AR41.5 mi away

3%1

Harrisonburg59.2 mi away

3%1

Rayville10.6 mi away

3%1

Bunkie118 mi away

3%1

Youngsville175.2 mi away

3%1

Ruston50.6 mi away

3%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%15

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

How far

How far Oak Ridge commutes

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

37%

49%

6%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

49%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Oak Ridge is a job hub

1.86jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Oak Ridge are

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

Jobs based in Oak Ridge

65 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)54%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month49%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Oak Ridge residents hold

35 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−16%

Jobs based in Oak Ridge, 2013 → 2023: 77 → 65. 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.