Work & commute · Oxford

Work & commute in Oxford, NC

Most working residents leave Oxford for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Durham (13%), Raleigh (12%) and Henderson (5%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

538 of 3,521 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 2,983 Oxford residents head out of town to work, 538 work right here, and 4,680 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Oxford.

2,983live here, work elsewhere

538live and work here

4,680work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Oxford goes to work

Oxford (in town)right here

15%538

Durham29.4 mi away

13%475

Raleigh34 mi away

12%410

Henderson9.6 mi away

5%180

Charlotte147.4 mi away

4%127

Butner15.5 mi away

2%68

Cary39.6 mi away

2%60

Greensboro70.7 mi away

1%46

Wake Forest25.1 mi away

1%37

Chapel Hill37.1 mi away

1%34

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%1,546

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.

29%

14%

36%

22%

29%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

36%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Oxford is balanced between jobs and homes

1.48jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.48 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Oxford are

5,218 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

5,218 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Oxford residents hold

3,521 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−23%

Jobs based in Oxford, 2013 → 2023: 6,791 → 5,218. 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.