Photo: Columbia · Public domainJobs and earnings in Oak Glen, and the trip to work
Employers in Oak Glen report 309 jobs for 323 working residents. Home is the office for 55% of workers, next to 17% for California as a whole. Hardly any work in Oak Glen itself; outside it, San Bernardino draws the most (8%, 20 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Oak Glen
A lot of Oak Glen works from home
55% of Oak Glen workers work from home, against 17% across California. Time on the road ↓
A big share show a job far from home
40% 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 ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Oak Glen
63% of Oak Glen residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 36% of the jobs based in Oak Glen pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 100% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
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 323 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Working from home in Oak Glen
of Oak Glen workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 70 commuters (the 55% who work from home are left out). Across California: 79% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Where in the region Oak Glen works
About 40% 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.
Jobs in Oak Glen: what the 309 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Oak Glen, 2013 → 2023: 218 → 309. 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 Oak Glen’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily commute in and out of Oak Glen
On a workday 322 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 308 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.96 per resident).
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 Oak Glen to work: where people go
Where Oak Glen clocks in
8% of workers
7% of workers
6% 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.
Around Oak Glen: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Yucaipa (7%).
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Oak Glen’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 Oak Glen: questions
What is the median household income in Oak Glen?
$85,682 (±$84,270) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Oak Glen?
2.5%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Oak Glen work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are San Bernardino (8%, 20 mi), Yucaipa (7%, 4 mi), Redlands (6%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Oak Glen 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 Oak Glen, from the people who make the trip.
More of Oak Glen
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.