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Work & commute · Oakland

Work & commute in Oakland, MO

Most working residents leave Oakland for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are St. Louis (23%), Creve Coeur (5%) and Clayton (4%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
1%
6 of 604 working residents
Typical commute
8 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
20 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
21%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 598 Oakland residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 486 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Oakland.

598live here, work elsewhere
6live and work here
486work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Oakland goes to work

OaklandGlendaleBrentwoodClaytonCrestwoodDes PeresWebster GrovesUniversity CitySunset HillsCreve CoeurKirkwoodMaryland HeightsChesterfieldSt. LouisWildwoodAfftonConcordMehlvilleOakvilleSt. LouisCreve CoeurClaytonKirkwoodMaryland HeightsChesterfieldWebster GrovesSunset HillsBrentwoodDes PeresOakland
1
St. Louis8.6 mi away
23%138
2
Creve Coeur6.7 mi away
5%32
3
Clayton5.5 mi away
4%26
4
Kirkwood2 mi away
4%22
5
Maryland Heights10.7 mi away
4%22
6
Chesterfield11.9 mi away
4%22
7
Webster Groves1.8 mi away
3%18
8
Sunset Hills3.4 mi away
3%16
9
Brentwood3.6 mi away
2%15
10
Des Peres3.6 mi away
2%13
Everywhere elseother towns and states
46%280

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

How far

How far Oakland commutes

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

67%Under 10 mi
24%10–24 mi
2%25–50 mi
7%Over 50 mi
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Oakland is balanced between jobs and homes

0.81jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.81 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Oakland are

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

Jobs based in Oakland

492 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)4%
Trade, transport & utilities5%
Services (health, schools, offices…)90%
$1,250 a month or less14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month32%
Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Oakland residents hold

604 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)15%
Trade, transport & utilities18%
Services (health, schools, offices…)67%
$1,250 a month or less14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month18%
Over $3,333 a month69%
−11%

Jobs based in Oakland, 2013 → 2023: 551 → 492. 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.

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