Work & commute · Oakfield

Work & commute in Oakfield, MI

Most working residents leave Oakfield for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Grand Rapids (19%), Greenville (8%) and Wyoming (5%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

75 of 2,583 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,508 Oakfield residents head out of town to work, 75 work right here, and 288 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Oakfield.

2,508live here, work elsewhere

75live and work here

288work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Oakfield goes to work

Grand Rapids20.3 mi away

19%479

Greenville5.9 mi away

8%206

Wyoming25.6 mi away

5%118

Kentwood22.5 mi away

4%112

Walker22.8 mi away

4%110

Cascade19.5 mi away

4%98

Oakfield (in town)right here

3%75

Plainfield13.8 mi away

3%72

Rockford9.6 mi away

2%61

Ada14 mi away

2%58

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%1,194

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

How far

How far Oakfield commutes

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

17%

53%

15%

17%Under 10 mi

53%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Oakfield is a commuter town

0.14jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Oakfield are

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

Jobs based in Oakfield

363 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Oakfield residents hold

2,583 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+95%

Jobs based in Oakfield, 2011 → 2021: 186 → 363. 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 2021. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2021, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.