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Work & commute in Oxford, MI

Most working residents leave Oxford for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Auburn Hills (10%), Troy (8%) and Orion (7%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
9%
868 of 10,003 working residents
Typical commute
18 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
30 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
19%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 9,135 Oxford residents head out of town to work, 868 work right here, and 4,211 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Oxford.

9,135live here, work elsewhere
868live and work here
4,211work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Oxford goes to work

LapeerAuburn HillsSouthfieldPontiacWarrenSterling HeightsTroyRochester HillsDetroitDrydenOrionWaterfordDavisonMetamoraIndependenceAddisonBrandonOxfordAuburn HillsTroyOrionPontiacRochester HillsDetroitWarrenSouthfieldSterling HeightsOxford
1
Auburn Hills12 mi away
10%969
2
Oxford (in town)right here
9%868
3
Troy19.5 mi away
8%785
4
Orion6.3 mi away
7%722
5
Pontiac13.5 mi away
4%386
6
Rochester Hills14.3 mi away
4%374
7
Detroit33.4 mi away
4%352
8
Warren27.9 mi away
3%338
9
Southfield25.6 mi away
3%324
10
Sterling Heights22.6 mi away
2%232
Everywhere elseother towns and states
47%4,653

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

How far

How far Oxford commutes

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

23%Under 10 mi
50%10–24 mi
19%25–50 mi
7%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Oxford is a commuter town

0.51jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Oxford are

5,079 jobs are based in Oxford. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Oxford’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Oxford

5,079 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)40%
Trade, transport & utilities12%
Services (health, schools, offices…)48%
$1,250 a month or less16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month32%
Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Oxford residents hold

10,003 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)18%
Trade, transport & utilities18%
Services (health, schools, offices…)64%
$1,250 a month or less13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month22%
Over $3,333 a month65%
−3%

Jobs based in Oxford, 2011 → 2021: 5,214 → 5,079. 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.

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