Work & commute · Oak

Work & commute in Oak, UT

Most working residents leave Oak for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Delta (37%), Salt Lake City (4%) and Fillmore (3%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 273 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 272 Oak residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 17 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Oak.

272live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

17work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Oak goes to work

Delta9.9 mi away

37%102

Salt Lake City99.2 mi away

4%10

Fillmore28.4 mi away

3%7

Nephi35.3 mi away

2%5

Provo70.5 mi away

2%5

Lehi76.2 mi away

2%5

Spanish Fork63 mi away

1%4

Cedar City123.8 mi away

1%4

St. George172.4 mi away

1%4

Ephraim40.2 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%124

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

How far

How far Oak commutes

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

55%

10%

35%

0%Under 10 mi

55%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Oak is a commuter town

0.07jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Oak are

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

Jobs based in Oak

18 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)39%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less39%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Oak residents hold

273 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+64%

Jobs based in Oak, 2013 → 2023: 11 → 18. 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.