Work & commute · Oakdale

Work & commute in Oakdale, PA

Most working residents leave Oakdale for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Pittsburgh (16%), North Fayette (12%) and Findlay (5%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

31 of 788 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 757 Oakdale residents head out of town to work, 31 work right here, and 93 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Oakdale.

757live here, work elsewhere

31live and work here

93work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Oakdale goes to work

Pittsburgh11.5 mi away

16%129

North Fayette2.4 mi away

12%98

Findlay7.3 mi away

5%42

Robinson4.9 mi away

5%41

Moon7.7 mi away

5%38

Oakdale (in town)right here

4%31

Cecil6.1 mi away

2%17

Ross12.2 mi away

2%17

Upper St. Clair7.1 mi away

2%16

South Fayette2.1 mi away

2%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%343

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

How far

How far Oakdale commutes

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

61%

29%

61%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Oakdale is a commuter town

0.16jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Oakdale are

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

Jobs based in Oakdale

124 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less35%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month31%

Jobs Oakdale residents hold

788 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month67%

−18%

Jobs based in Oakdale, 2013 → 2023: 152 → 124. 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.