With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Oak Shores works elsewhere
Only 1% stay in Oak Shores for work; outside it, El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles) is the main destination (17%, 21 miles). There are 59 jobs in Oak Shores, against 139 working residents. 0% of workers work from home (California 17%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Oak Shores quiets down on a workday
On a workday 137 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 57 people come in from elsewhere.
About 48 people are in Oak Shores on a workday afternoon, 63% 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.
The places Oak Shores commutes to
Where Oak Shores clocks in
17% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 32% of the jobs in Oak Shores
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Oak Shores, 2013 → 2023: 27 → 59. 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 Shores’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Oak Shores
of Oak Shores workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 42 commuters (the 0% 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.
How far it is to work from Oak Shores
About 38% 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 Oak Shores: questions
What is the median household income in Oak Shores?
$66,750 (±$15,842) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Oak Shores?
33.6%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Oak Shores work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles) (17%, 21 mi), Lake Nacimiento (8%, 7 mi), Atascadero (6%, 25 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Oak Shores 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 Shores, from the people who make the trip.
More of Oak Shores
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.