Work & commute · Oxford

Work & commute in Oxford, OH

About one in 3 of Oxford’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Cincinnati (10%), Hamilton (5%) and Columbus (4%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

30%

1,761 of 5,930 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,169 Oxford residents head out of town to work, 1,761 work right here, and 6,457 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Oxford.

4,169live here, work elsewhere

1,761live and work here

6,457work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Oxford goes to work

Oxford (in town)right here

30%1,761

Cincinnati28.3 mi away

10%591

Hamilton12.3 mi away

5%270

Columbus99.1 mi away

4%234

Dayton34.8 mi away

3%157

West Chester20.9 mi away

2%106

Fairfield16.1 mi away

2%104

Middletown20.2 mi away

1%81

Blue Ash26.2 mi away

1%67

Kettering34.2 mi away

1%62

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%2,497

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.

33%

19%

28%

20%

33%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Oxford is balanced between jobs and homes

1.39jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.39 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Oxford are

8,218 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

8,218 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Oxford residents hold

5,930 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+90%

Jobs based in Oxford, 2013 → 2023: 4,316 → 8,218. 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.