Work & commute · Oakmont

Work & commute in Oakmont, PA

Most working residents leave Oakmont for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Pittsburgh (34%), O'Hara (5%) and Monroeville (4%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

294 of 3,178 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

25%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,884 Oakmont residents head out of town to work, 294 work right here, and 3,062 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Oakmont.

2,884live here, work elsewhere

294live and work here

3,062work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Oakmont goes to work

Pittsburgh9.1 mi away

34%1,088

Oakmont (in town)right here

9%294

O'Hara2.6 mi away

5%146

Monroeville7.6 mi away

4%112

Verona1 mi away

2%65

Plum4.8 mi away

2%57

McCandless10.8 mi away

1%41

Ross9.9 mi away

1%37

Cranberry19.3 mi away

1%34

Harmar1.8 mi away

1%33

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%1,271

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

How far

How far Oakmont commutes

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

61%

28%

61%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Oakmont is balanced between jobs and homes

1.06jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.06 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Oakmont are

3,356 jobs are based in Oakmont. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Oakmont’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Oakmont

3,356 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Oakmont residents hold

3,178 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+18%

Jobs based in Oakmont, 2013 → 2023: 2,856 → 3,356. 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.