Work & commute · Oak Ridge

Work & commute in Oak Ridge, MO

Most working residents leave Oak Ridge for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Cape Girardeau (24%), Jackson (11%) and Perryville (10%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 101 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 100 Oak Ridge residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 96 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Oak Ridge.

100live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

96work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Oak Ridge goes to work

Cape Girardeau16.1 mi away

24%24

Jackson9.2 mi away

11%11

Perryville17.7 mi away

10%10

Clayton85.6 mi away

3%3

Scott City21.7 mi away

3%3

St. Louis83.4 mi away

3%3

Clinton228.1 mi away

2%2

Jefferson City152.2 mi away

2%2

Fayetteville, AR264.5 mi away

1%1

Jonesboro, IL25.6 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%41

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.

15%

54%

25%

15%Under 10 mi

54%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Oak Ridge is balanced between jobs and homes

0.96jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.96 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Oak Ridge are

97 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

97 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Oak Ridge residents hold

101 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+8%

Jobs based in Oak Ridge, 2013 → 2023: 90 → 97. 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.