Work & commute · Oakland

Work & commute in Oakland, TN

Most working residents leave Oakland for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Memphis (49%), Collierville (7%) and Bartlett (5%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

172 of 4,613 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,441 Oakland residents head out of town to work, 172 work right here, and 1,527 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Oakland.

4,441live here, work elsewhere

172live and work here

1,527work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Oakland goes to work

Memphis25.6 mi away

49%2,256

Collierville15.2 mi away

7%331

Bartlett15.9 mi away

5%245

Somerville9.2 mi away

4%203

Oakland (in town)right here

4%172

Germantown17 mi away

3%133

Arlington7.2 mi away

3%119

Jackson49.5 mi away

2%80

Olive Branch, MS25.3 mi away

1%61

Piperton12.6 mi away

1%45

Everywhere elseother towns and states

21%968

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

How far

How far Oakland commutes

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

10%

49%

31%

10%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

31%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Oakland is a commuter town

0.37jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Oakland are

1,699 jobs are based in Oakland. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Oakland’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Oakland

1,699 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Oakland residents hold

4,613 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+48%

Jobs based in Oakland, 2013 → 2023: 1,149 → 1,699. 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.