Oakland has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Hardly any work in Oakland; the top destination outside it is Mountain Home (23%, 14 miles). Oakland has 2 jobs; 26 of its residents have a job. 8.2% of residents live below the poverty line, against 16.0% across Arkansas.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Oakland
On a workday 26 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere.
About 120 people are in Oakland on a workday afternoon, 16% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Out of Oakland to work: where people go
Where Oakland clocks in
4% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
What Oakland’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Oakland, 2013 → 2023: 1 → 2. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Oakland’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Oakland
About 29% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Oakland: questions
What is the median household income in Oakland?
$43,358 (±$26,408) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,773 across Arkansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Oakland?
8.2%, against 16.0% across Arkansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Oakland work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mountain Home (23%, 14 mi), Bull Shoals (8%, 6 mi), Flippin (4%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Oakland, from the people who make the trip.
More of Oakland
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.