Work & commute · Oakdale

Work & commute in Oakdale, WI

Most working residents leave Oakdale for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Tomah (25%), La Crosse (4%) and Oakdale (4%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 289 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 284 Oakdale residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 293 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Oakdale.

284live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

293work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Oakdale goes to work

Tomah7.9 mi away

25%72

La Crosse43 mi away

4%13

Oakdale2.7 mi away

4%12

Sparta22 mi away

4%11

Byron7.2 mi away

4%11

Elroy13.5 mi away

3%9

Mauston16.9 mi away

3%8

Onalaska41.5 mi away

2%6

Oakdale (in town)right here

2%5

Madison74.5 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%138

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

How far

How far Oakdale commutes

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

34%

21%

15%

30%

34%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Oakdale is balanced between jobs and homes

1.03jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.03 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Oakdale are

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

Jobs based in Oakdale

298 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)80%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)19%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month9%

Over $3,333 a month83%

Jobs Oakdale residents hold

289 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+239%

Jobs based in Oakdale, 2013 → 2023: 88 → 298. 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.