Work & commute · Oaks

Work & commute in Oaks, OK

Most working residents leave Oaks for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Siloam Springs (11%), Tulsa (7%) and Salina (6%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 88 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 85 Oaks residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 53 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Oaks.

85live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

53work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Oaks goes to work

Siloam Springs, AR18 mi away

11%10

Tulsa58.6 mi away

7%6

Salina18.8 mi away

6%5

Tahlequah19.2 mi away

6%5

Oklahoma City156.8 mi away

6%5

Kansas4.3 mi away

5%4

Jay18.1 mi away

5%4

Pryor Creek27.1 mi away

5%4

Gentry, AR21 mi away

3%3

Oaks (in town)right here

3%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%39

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

How far

How far Oaks commutes

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

14%

42%

18%

26%

14%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Oaks is a commuter town

0.64jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Oaks are

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

Jobs based in Oaks

56 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month46%

Over $3,333 a month30%

Jobs Oaks residents hold

88 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month47%

+180%

Jobs based in Oaks, 2013 → 2023: 20 → 56. 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.