Work & commute · Oakley

Work & commute in Oakley, UT

Most working residents leave Oakley for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Kamas (13%), Park City (9%) and Salt Lake City (8%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

43 of 654 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 611 Oakley residents head out of town to work, 43 work right here, and 344 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Oakley.

611live here, work elsewhere

43live and work here

344work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Oakley goes to work

Kamas6.2 mi away

13%82

Park City12.5 mi away

9%62

Salt Lake City33.9 mi away

8%51

Oakley (in town)right here

7%43

Snyderville14 mi away

4%23

Heber14.8 mi away

3%22

Summit Park16.1 mi away

3%18

Murray32.3 mi away

2%16

Marion4 mi away

2%14

Orem37.6 mi away

2%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%310

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

How far

How far Oakley commutes

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

30%

24%

36%

10%

30%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

36%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Oakley is a commuter town

0.59jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Oakley are

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

Jobs based in Oakley

387 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Oakley residents hold

654 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+128%

Jobs based in Oakley, 2013 → 2023: 170 → 387. 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.