Photo: John Phelan · CC BY-SA 4.0Oakville has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.6 for each
Employers in Oakville report 2,633 jobs; 4,747 of its residents have a job. The average commute takes 23 minutes each way, against 27 across Connecticut and 26 nationally. 2.4% of residents are in poverty; Connecticut has 10.0%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Oakville, in a few figures
Oakville and Waterbury trade workers both ways
Waterbury is the top workplace for Oakville residents (16%) and also where the most people who work in Oakville come from (23% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
42% of the jobs in Oakville are in trade, transport and utilities, against 19% of the jobs its residents hold. 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.
16% of working residents work in Waterbury
Where Oakville clocks in
16% of workers
15% of workers
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 Oakville’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Oakville, 2013 → 2023: 2,398 → 2,633. 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 Oakville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Oakville on a workday afternoon
On a workday 4,546 residents head out to work, 201 work right here, and 2,432 people come in from elsewhere.
About 7,200 people are in Oakville on a workday afternoon, 23% 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.
About 23 minutes each way, quicker than most of Connecticut
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Oakville workers work from home, vs 16% across Connecticut. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,299 commuters (the 5% who work from home are left out). Across Connecticut: 82% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Miles to work from Oakville
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.
Bordering towns draw 16% of Oakville’s workers
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Waterbury. Darker towns draw more of Oakville’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 Oakville: questions
What is the median household income in Oakville?
$95,515 (±$6,171) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,781 across Connecticut and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Oakville?
2.4%, against 10.0% across Connecticut and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Oakville?
23 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Connecticut and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Oakville work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Waterbury (16%, 4 mi), Watertown (15%, 2 mi), Hartford (4%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Oakville without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Oakville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Oakville
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.