Work & commute · Oakfield

Work & commute in Oakfield, NY

Most working residents leave Oakfield for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Batavia (18%), Batavia (7%) and Rochester (6%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

120 of 1,459 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 1,339 Oakfield residents head out of town to work, 120 work right here, and 496 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Oakfield.

1,339live here, work elsewhere

120live and work here

496work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Oakfield goes to work

Batavia7.6 mi away

18%262

Oakfield (in town)right here

8%120

Batavia6.5 mi away

7%108

Rochester33.7 mi away

6%89

Amherst24.9 mi away

4%61

Elba5.2 mi away

3%48

Henrietta32.1 mi away

3%43

Buffalo32.4 mi away

3%41

New York278.8 mi away

2%34

Newstead13.3 mi away

2%30

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%623

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

How far

How far Oakfield commutes

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

39%

20%

28%

12%

39%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Oakfield is a commuter town

0.42jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Oakfield are

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

Jobs based in Oakfield

616 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Oakfield residents hold

1,459 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−13%

Jobs based in Oakfield, 2013 → 2023: 704 → 616. 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.