Acadia Ranch · Photo: Ammodramus · CC0Oracle has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
There are 252 jobs in Oracle, and 921 of its residents work somewhere. For jobs and income Oracle is better than 23% of U.S. towns (C−); for walkability it is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns (C−). Home is the office for 11% of workers (Arizona 18%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Oracle, in brief
A big share show a job far from home
45% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Oracle’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Oracle is Tucson, 32 miles away as the crow flies. 14% of working residents (126) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Oracle workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 40 minutes each way, against 25 across Arizona. Over a year that’s about 307 hours of commuting, 115 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 921 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Jobs & income in Oracle: the grade in detail
Unemployment holds Oracle’s grade up (3.6%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (near the bottom of U.S. towns).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Oracle could be anywhere from D− to B.
Oracle’s commute, mile by mile
About 45% 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.
Getting to work from Oracle takes about 40 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Oracle workers work from home, vs 18% across Arizona. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 912 commuters (the 11% who work from home are left out). Across Arizona: 82% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Oracle on a workday afternoon
On a workday 877 residents head out to work, 44 work right here, and 208 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,500 people are in Oracle on a workday afternoon, 21% 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.
14% of working residents work in Tucson
Where Oracle clocks in
14% of workers
13% of workers
7% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Oracle
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Oracle, 2013 → 2023: 285 → 252. 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 Oracle’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Driving is how Oracle gets around
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.9% across Arizona, on an EPA index of 4.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,021 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.0% of Oracle households have no vehicle (Arizona 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Oracle’s commuters take a bus or train.
Oracle next to U.S. towns of 2,200 to 4,200: 3,474th of 4,562 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 855 | Kachina Village AZ | 3,212 | $90K | 4.3% | 1.7% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 868 | St. Johns AZ | 3,336 | $132K | 4.8% | 0.0% | 13% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,232 | Clifton AZ | 3,752 | $78K | 2.5% | 0.8% | 8% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,472 | Washington Township OH | 3,390 | $55K | 15.6% | 4.5% | 10% | C− |
| 3,473 | Ravenswood WV | 3,790 | $34K | 31.4% | 0.0% | 14% | C− |
| 3,474 | Oracle AZ | 3,146 | $64K | 13.4% | 3.6% | 5% | C− |
| 3,475 | Spring Garden Township IL | 2,522 | $66K | 16.4% | 7.0% | 6% | C− |
| 3,476 | Campbell WI | 4,092 | $60K | 13.7% | 11.4% | 4% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,562 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Oracle, the top three, the last and three more from Arizona.
How Oracle compares with the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Oracle’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Oracle: questions
What is the median household income in Oracle?
$63,774 (±$19,163) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $79,964 across Arizona and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Oracle?
13.4%, against 12.5% across Arizona and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Oracle?
40 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Arizona and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Oracle work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tucson (14%, 32 mi), Phoenix (13%, 101 mi), Oro Valley (7%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Oracle walkable?
Oracle is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 4.7 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Oracle without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Oracle, from the people who make the trip.
More of Oracle
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.