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 (29%), Mauston (6%) and New Lisbon (4%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 119 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 117 Oakdale residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 211 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Oakdale.

117live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

211work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Oakdale goes to work

Tomah6.3 mi away

29%35

Mauston18.7 mi away

6%7

New Lisbon12.3 mi away

4%5

La Crosse43.1 mi away

4%5

Madison76.9 mi away

3%3

Tomah5.9 mi away

3%3

Byron4.5 mi away

3%3

Orange6.7 mi away

3%3

Bloomington, MN156.8 mi away

2%2

Kendall11.7 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%51

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.

40%

20%

11%

29%

40%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Oakdale is a job hub

1.79jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.8 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Oakdale are

213 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

213 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities77%

Services (health, schools, offices…)23%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Oakdale residents hold

119 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+249%

Jobs based in Oakdale, 2013 → 2023: 61 → 213. 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.