Oak Hills has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
There are 768 jobs in Oak Hills for 3,387 working residents. The two grades for Oak Hills are B− for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. Household incomes here are higher than in 78% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Oak Hills, in a few figures
Oak Hills workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 52 minutes each way, against 29 across California. Over a year that’s about 399 hours of commuting, 176 more than the state’s typical worker. Every town next door averages less (40 to 47 minutes). Time on the road ↓
Jobs in Oak Hills have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Oak Hills went from 384 in 2013 to 768 in 2023, +100%. The jobs ↓
Oak Hills is a place people come home to
There are 768 jobs based in Oak Hills, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Oak Hills has about 6,400 people in it, 29% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
What’s behind Oak Hills’ Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Oak Hills is better than 49% of U.S. towns, #511 of 847 in California. Household income holds Oak Hills’ grade up ($101,323, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (8.2%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Oak Hills could be anywhere from C to A−.
About 52 minutes each way for Oak Hills’ commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 16.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Oak Hills workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,682 commuters (the 13% 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.
Goods, not services: 30% of the jobs in Oak Hills
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Oak Hills, 2013 → 2023: 384 → 768. 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 Hills’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who leaves Oak Hills for work, and who comes in
On a workday 3,330 residents head out to work, 57 work right here, and 711 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,400 people are in Oak Hills on a workday afternoon, 29% 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.
9% of working residents work in Victorville
Where Oak Hills clocks in
9% of workers
8% of workers
8% 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.
How far Oak Hills goes to work
About 24% 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.
In Oak Hills, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Oak Hills is more walkable than 39% of U.S. towns, #745 of 847 in California. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 7.1% across California.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,245 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 39% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 26% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 2.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 70% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.6% of Oak Hills households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Oak Hills’ commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Oak Hills is 1,739th of 2,891 U.S. towns of 6,300 to 12,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Pimmit Hills VA | 6,589 | $173K | 1.6% | 1.3% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Braddock VA | 6,536 | $212K | 0.9% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 22 | Piedmont CA | 10,642 | $250K | 4.3% | 1.5% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 64 | Gold River CA | 7,924 | $175K | 2.9% | 2.4% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 96 | Sierra Madre CA | 10,620 | $144K | 4.6% | 2.6% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,737 | Ellicott NY | 8,558 | $61K | 11.0% | 2.5% | 19% | B− |
| 1,738 | York SC | 10,620 | $56K | 15.9% | 2.2% | 10% | B− |
| 1,739 | Oak Hills CA | 9,013 | $101K | 9.7% | 8.2% | 2% | B− |
| 1,740 | Berkley CO | 10,789 | $85K | 14.1% | 8.7% | 2% | B− |
| 1,741 | Seven Corners VA | 9,371 | $77K | 17.8% | 6.0% | 2% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,891 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Oak Hills, the top three, the last and three more from California.
Oak Hills and its neighbors: 19% work next door
The biggest share goes to Victorville (9%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Oak Hills workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Hills | – | B− | C+ | 52 min | $101,323 |
| Hesperia | 8% | C− | B | 43 min | $72,160 |
| Phelan | 2% | C− | B− | 47 min | $79,914 |
| Victorville | 9% | C− | B+ | 40 min | $74,410 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Oak Hills’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 Hills: questions
What is the median household income in Oak Hills?
$101,323 (±$23,347) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Oak Hills?
9.7%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Oak Hills?
52 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Oak Hills work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Victorville (9%, 10 mi), San Bernardino (8%, 18 mi), Hesperia (8%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Oak Hills walkable?
Oak Hills is more walkable than 39% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 8.7 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Oak Hills without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 26% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Oak Hills, from the people who make the trip.
More of Oak Hills
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.