Work & commute · Oak Level

Work & commute in Oak Level, VA

Most working residents leave Oak Level for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Martinsville (11%), Collinsville (7%) and Roanoke (5%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 313 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 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 308 Oak Level residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 149 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Oak Level.

308live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

149work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Oak Level goes to work

Martinsville9 mi away

11%35

Collinsville5.5 mi away

7%21

Roanoke33.3 mi away

5%15

Rocky Mount14.7 mi away

4%14

Danville33.2 mi away

4%12

Lynchburg58.5 mi away

2%7

Villa Heights7.1 mi away

2%7

Bassett3.5 mi away

2%6

Oak Level (in town)right here

2%5

Hollins37.8 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%187

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

How far

How far Oak Level commutes

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

46%

18%

21%

15%

46%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Oak Level is a commuter town

0.49jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Oak Level are

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

Jobs based in Oak Level

154 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Oak Level residents hold

313 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month46%

−10%

Jobs based in Oak Level, 2013 → 2023: 171 → 154. 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.