Work & commute · Oceola

Work & commute in Oceola, MI

Most working residents leave Oceola for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Howell (7%), Ann Arbor (7%) and Genoa (5%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

131 of 5,984 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,853 Oceola residents head out of town to work, 131 work right here, and 501 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Oceola.

5,853live here, work elsewhere

131live and work here

501work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Oceola goes to work

Howell4.8 mi away

7%448

Ann Arbor26.8 mi away

7%414

Genoa7 mi away

5%286

Brighton9.3 mi away

4%219

Novi22.5 mi away

4%213

Farmington Hills27.2 mi away

3%197

Livonia30.5 mi away

3%192

Brighton9.3 mi away

3%186

Hartland5.8 mi away

2%147

Green Oak14.2 mi away

2%142

Everywhere elseother towns and states

59%3,540

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

How far

How far Oceola commutes

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

25%

28%

38%

25%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

38%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Oceola is a commuter town

0.11jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Oceola are

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

Jobs based in Oceola

632 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)45%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)39%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Oceola residents hold

5,984 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+22%

Jobs based in Oceola, 2011 → 2021: 519 → 632. 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.